It is, of course. And it was first AKROSS Con without Comedy category, actually. ::(I guess that comedy isn't as important to the Russians as it is the Americans
But it's problematic to have comedy category without, you know, comedies in the finals. We got only Kosmit's video as solid comedy this year, and maybe could bring Uk@R along (though you need to be Russian to understand all of its hidden jokes), but that's not enough for the fair competition.