The accusation by Oleg Bolychev, a legislator
from the ruling United Russia party at the regional parliament in
Kaliningrad, was made in the parliament on February 6, according to the
Regnum news agency, which reported on it on Thursday.
During a debate, Bolychev called his
detractors “Jews, mired in opposition,” adding: “You destroyed our
country in 1917 and you destroyed our country in 1991.”
The Russian Jewish Congress condemned the
lawmaker, saying it was indignant over the statement and calling on
authorities to investigate it.
Bolychev also came under fire from colleagues within the ruling party, some of whom called for him to be expelled.
Bolychev also came under fire from colleagues within the ruling party, some of whom called for him to be expelled.
“It is incredible that a public figure can
make such extremist statements,” lawmaker Alexander Khinshtein told the
AFP news agency.
Bolychev has rejected accusations that his
remarks were anti-Semitic and decried claims of extremism as “ravings
and provocations.”
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“I was not talking about Jews but about the situation in the country. I was speaking about traitors who destroyed a great state twice,” he said.
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“I was not talking about Jews but about the situation in the country. I was speaking about traitors who destroyed a great state twice,” he said.
1 comMENTS:
Maybe things really are changing in Russia
Maybe Putin is not some Jewish Tool Warmer
Come sock Puppet?
Russia not some False Controlled Opposition set up to be used at a latter Date but with some Vestiges of Self Autonomy?
Time will tell
It always does
But then there's the Chem Trails
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