The State Duma argued over who should count people with non-Russian surnames
LDPR deputy Sergei Ivanov provoked a discussion about the Russian people in the State Duma of the Russian Federation today, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Zhirinovets started the topic when discussing the issue of a sovereign Runet, on which the representative of United Russia, Alexander Khinshtein, reported. Ivanov said: “your people support such a law, but mine does not.” Khinshtein countered with the fact that they have a common people - Russian.
Then a deputy from the LDPR took the floor when discussing the next issue - about foreign agents.
“I tell Mr. Khinshtein that there is no multinational people. People come in only one nationality. My people are Russian, Harry Vladimirovich’s are German, Khinshtein’s are Jewish, some are Chechen, Tatar, and so on. I speak for my people and there is no need to blame me for this,” Ivanov said.
At this point, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin could no longer stand it.
“Please still choose your expressions and be careful. We live in a multinational country. Let's not pit one people against another. We are deputies, we have voters of different nationalities. I want to emphasize that the strength of our country is its multinational composition,” Volodin said.
He was supported by communist deputy Alexei Kurinny, whose turn came to speak.
“We have a common people, Russian, nationalities may be different. We live in the same territory,” said Kurinny.
Even the presidential representative Harry Minkh, mentioned by Ivanov, joined the discussion.
“Sometimes, listening to individual speeches, I feel like an Ethiopian. At this moment I have such self-identification. Indeed, my parents and ancestors are Germans, but I feel that in spirit, in letter, and in education I am an absolutely Russian person. Russified,” Minkh said.
The owner of the Ukrainian surname, government representative Alexander Sinenko, drew the line.
“I'm surprised you didn't mention me. I am a very striking example: I am Russian myself, but my last name is not very good. But it also happens the other way around: the surname is Russian, but the person is not very good,” Sinenko said.
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