The State Duma decided that Russians should not forget what the enemy looks like
The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted in the second reading amendments to the law on the demonstration of Nazi symbols in cinema, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The parliament website reports this.
The bill provides that Nazi symbols may be present in works of art, literature and science, as well as in media reports, provided that this does not constitute Nazi propaganda or does not contain an excuse for the crimes of Nazi Germany
“You can’t forget what your enemies looked like. Today you prohibit the display of symbols worn by enemies, and tomorrow someone especially advanced will propose to ban our symbols as well. And we will forget what was on the sleeves of those who invaded our country, destroyed our citizens and wanted to destroy Russian culture as well,” explained the motivation of the bill’s developers, deputy Elena Yampolskaya, one of its co-authors.
“Today, on the territory of Russia, the use of symbols of Nazi Germany and its friendly organizations found guilty of committing crimes in accordance with the verdict of the Nuremberg Tribunal is prohibited in any form. Unfortunately, this often reaches the point of absurdity: newsreel footage and documentaries, photographs in textbooks, in museums they cover swastikas on German helmets with adhesive tape - no matter what happens,” adds another co-author of the adopted bill, Deputy Speaker of the Duma Peter Tolstoy.
According to Tolstoy, it is not always possible initially when adopting a particular law to foresee what its implementation will look like in practice.
“In this case, due to fairly general formulations, the executive and judicial authorities, called upon to monitor its implementation, were simply stumped. But, fortunately, the amendments have been adopted, I hope that in the near future it will come into force, correcting the misunderstanding that has arisen,” Tolstoy concluded.
It is reported that among the co-authors of the bill is a deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and famous film director Vladimir Bortko.
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