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State Duma MP, Deputy Chairman of the Information Policy, Information Technology and Communications Committee, host of the 60-minute program Yevgeny Popov, responded to Chechen chief Ramzan Kadyrov, who sharply criticized opponents of the Chechen law banning the media from naming nationalities of criminals and accusing lack of foresight and patriotism. .
“I think why various politicians, journalists, political scientists and others started appearing in the media, as one with the other, and expressed their disagreement with the draft law of the Chechen parliament, which prohibits nationality marking?”, Kadyrov wrote earlier including Vladimir Solovyov, Yevgeny Popov, Maxim Shevchenko and noted that “the curators are the same for everyone.”
“Dear Ramzan Akhmatovich. Of course, it's your business, but I'm not sure if phrases like “all kinds of politicians, journalists” are appropriate in a civilized political debate, “Yevgeny Popov began his speech to the head of Chechnya, noting that many of those elected against the law people like Ramzan Kadyrov himself.
After Popov, he admitted that he also had Caucasian blood, because his great-grandfather's name was Soso Mitskei Khloev, who was a worthy son of the Ossetian people. Popov also noted that the problem is not with white people and called for them not to impose conditions on journalists, who themselves have to figure out what to mention, where and when. “The amendment to the Chechen parliament will not work even if a majority votes in favor,” Popov said, adding that the media would simply mention that the defendants in the cases were “a native of Kazan/Ufa/Ryazan/Elista/Gudermes, “which is as informative to the people of Russia as the designation of nationality.” Or will we forbid mentioning toponyms? “
“Or does it only affect Russian citizens?”, Popov asked again. Popov urged not to invent an issue that “does not exist in principle in the cultural code of the Russian citizen.”