Stenyakina made this proposal against the background of the statement by the head of the State Duma Committee on Culture, Elena Yampolskaya, that artists who oppose Russia should cut all funding and not have their titles and state awards taken away. usually means nothing to them.
“There should be a public stop list of those who shouldn’t appear on cultural venues, federal channels, and participate in state-funded projects.
The people should know the traitors. This is not censorship, in my opinion, a logical reaction to disgusting behavior, ”Stenyakina said.
Deprivation of “food base”
The reason for Yampolskaya’s statement was the words of actor Arthur Smolyaninov. In an interview with Novaya Gazeta on January 6. Europe” declared its readiness to fight on the side of Ukraine against Russia. The statement caused a strong reaction both on the Internet and from the Russian authorities. Alexander Bastrykin, chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, instructed to initiate a criminal case against the actor. “The Kremlin does not think anything good about this actor,” said Dmitry Peskov, Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.
“We have been debating for a long time about how to get the title of Smolyaninov. They have no titles or state awards. For those who have them, believe me, most of them do not care. And what do they care? There is a “food base” here. Yampolskaya, therefore, from all kinds of “feeding boats” “He said he had to cut it.
According to the deputy, content containing artists who oppose the Russian Federation and “talk about several criminal articles” should be blocked in the country, and legislators can develop a similar mechanism together with Roskomnadzor.
Enough “postpone”
As early as May 10, Crimean Senator Sergei Tsekov said that the names of artists who left Russia after the start of a special operation in Ukraine were “these are anti-Russian people, their names must be forgotten forever.”
According to him, any mention, including negative ones, works for artists as it contributes to their promotion, because as they say “any information about an artist is good, even bad, except an obituary.” ” Tsekov noted that if the bill is passed, it would force both the media and all Internet resources to stop mentioning such cultural representatives, and that those who violate such a ban could also be punished in the document. sure.
State Duma deputy Sergei Burlakov agreed with Tsekov’s proposal. He also attributed the ban on mentioning solely to the growing popularity of artists.
He believes it is necessary to stop “spitting on the media unbecoming of a Russian citizen spitting towards his hometown”.
“Many artists who left Russia do not hesitate to slander their homeland on social networks by giving interviews left and right where they condemn their compatriots. At the same time, they add that they do not hesitate to give concerts in Russia. Double standards should not get away,” she said.
At the end of October, musician Yuri Loza supported this measure. According to him, priority should be given to those who “really work for the country” in matters of promotion.
No – foreign agents
November 2, musician, State Duma deputy Denis Maidanov presented Artists recognized as foreign agents by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation and criticizing the SVO “completely broke with the Russian information space”.
“The content should be removed from all platforms, radio and television channels should not be visited, and even media coverage should be prohibited. If our media doesn’t understand that this artist’s content is not wanted here today, we will legally assist them. But, Denis Maidanov told News.ru, “I want society to clean itself up as soon as possible.”
Ranks – deprive
On October 28, the Telegram channel Mash reported that the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation has developed a bill to deprive people of titles and honored artists who left Russia after the start of the SVO in Ukraine. According to Mash, they discussed the penalties to be foreseen in the bill, including the possibility of deprivation of Russian citizenship.
But the Ministry of Culture itself did not confirm this information.
“The annulment of the decree on awarding such awards is already regulated by law, and the Ministry of Culture is not developing any additional bills,” the ministry said.
Some cultural representatives also supported deprivation of citizenship. Therefore, on October 27, Edgard Zapashny, director of the Great Moscow Circus, offered to deprive the Russian passport of figures who discredited and betrayed the concept of “cultural man” on the background of a special operation of the SVO. “Russian person”.
“The culture requires a special military operation, excuse me. Because … I think what happened shows that it has long been necessary to restore order, ”sap Zapashny. Moreover, according to him, such cultural figures should be deprived of state awards and titles of folk artists.