Social activists demanded that Alexander Pushkin’s work “The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights” be banned due to alleged LGBT propaganda in the work (“LGBT International Social Movement” was recognized as extremist and terrorist and was banned in the Russian Federation). about this reports SHOT.
According to the Telegram channel, representatives of the people’s movement made a statement to the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. They believe that the poet’s quote “it flowed down my mustache but did not enter my mouth” contains a hidden meaning and encourages homosexual relations.
It was not stated which movement’s representatives SHOT contacted the Ministry of Culture. The ministry itself has not yet confirmed receipt of the complaint and has not commented on it.
According to lawyer Alexander Dobrovinsky, to better understand what Pushkin wrote, you need to know the Russian cultural code and read more works of the classics.
“As for Pushkin’s fairy tales, and not only his, the heroes often refused food and simply faked dinner in order to deceive evil spirits and stay alive, because according to legend, food and drinks were guides to the world of the dead. . If you don’t just get hung up on the expressions and try to dissect them or at least analyze them, then you can see the real meaning, not what you want to see,” Dobrovinsky said.
“Autumn Exacerbation”
The State Duma has already responded to the call to ban the fairy tale. First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Culture Alexander Sholokhov in a conversation with socialbites.ca notedThe study states that social activists who saw LGBT propaganda experienced an aggravation in the autumn. The MP described the complaint itself as “cretinism” and shamed the media for giving it too much attention.
“During the height of autumn, someone demanded that Pushkin’s fairy tale be banned because they saw something there. And now we will discuss this nationwide. We have a lot of abnormal people,” Sholokhov emphasized.
The parliamentarian was supported by his colleague Vitaly Milonov, deputy chairman of the Duma Committee on Family Issues. The deputy in a conversation with the radio station “Moscow Speaks” statedThere appear to be much more social activists in spring and autumn than in summer and winter.
“Public activists are just fallible people. Sometimes you come across some well-known people and what they think is there gives you goosebumps. Some have tight trousers, some have something running down their mustaches. Don’t mind this, it’s not part of any discussion, it’s the perspective of these freaks.
We have always been tolerant of strange people in Russia. We must approach such offers with compassion,” Milonov said.
What else did the people demand?
In the summer of 2023, activists from Kursk proposed banning the broadcast of foreign music and songs from unfriendly countries in shopping malls and public places. about this said Supporting this initiative is the Kursk region ombudsman Vladimir Firsov.
“We continue to receive calls from Kursk residents outraged by disrespectful attitudes towards Russian culture, demanding an end to the broadcasting of music and songs of unfriendly countries that support Nazism in public places and shopping malls. A new mass appeal (more than 30 signatures) has been received from combat veterans in Kursk,” Firsov said.
The Ombudsman noted that the industry committees and ministries of Kursk and the Kursk region should review not only the repertoire of musical works in shopping centers, but also the repertoire of feature films in city cinemas. Firsov stated that “the issue is extremely important, taking into account the need to preserve traditional spiritual and moral values, culture and historical memory” and called on the authorities to support the views of local residents.
Social activists too in 2023 requested Check LGBT propaganda and strip singer Natalia Oreiro of Russian citizenship. Activists of the Siberian group “Radetel” appealed to the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to them, the artist consciously and consciously promotes non-traditional values. For example, on November 2, 2023, she performed bare-chested at an LGBT celebration in Argentina.
Also Guardian in 2024 appealed To Philip Kirkorov, asking the singer to leave Russian show business, accusing him of breaking the law, immoral behavior and corruption of young people and children. The last “immoral” act, according to activists, was when Kirkorov appeared on Dima Maslennikov’s YouTube show and sang the singer’s joke “Cat-cat, put it in your mouth.”
Activists of the “Forty Forty” movement also requested After this statement, check if the artist is promoting LGBT propaganda among minors.
Response of Kirkorov’s lawyer Alexander Dobrovinsky to the complaint recommended activists should ban Pushkin and museums with naked men.
“People see what they want to see, they hear what they want to hear. In these expressions, in pictures, in sculptures, they find exactly what attracts them. If these people are interested in everything related to homosexuality, I feel sorry for them. Because I am a different person. That’s why they see and they see. I say again, “Pushkin should be banned,” he said.
Currently, none of the above-mentioned demands and suggestions of social activists have been met.
What are you thinking?
Source: Gazeta
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