Which media announced a boycott of the State Duma and deputy Slutsky because of harassment and what will happen because of this. The case of Slutsky’s “bunny”: The State Duma introduced a blacklist of media outlets that announced a boycott. “You will be his wife, and my mistress”: what Slutsky said to the journalist
Speaker Volodin commented on the situation
After a number of media outlets refused to work in the State Duma or limit coverage of its activities because of the case of Leonid Slutsky’s sexual harassment of female journalists, a certain special list of publications appeared at the main entrance of the State Duma, declaring a boycott of the Duma. The accreditation cards of all journalists are now checked against the list. The list of several pages includes, for example, RBC correspondents. State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin commented on the situation.
Daria Zhuk and Farida Rustamova before the start of the commission meeting State Duma Russian Federation on ethics.
Volodin, after a meeting of the Duma Council, answering a question about the lists of journalists whom the FSO was ordered not to allow into the State Duma, said: “The State Duma is the most open area Of all government bodies, 1001 people are accredited here, and work with the journalistic community is carried out in accordance with the Regulations on Accreditation.
As for the decision of a number of media outlets, this is the decision of their leadership, their competence and right. The State Duma has always worked and will continue to work with the journalistic community.
All journalists accredited in the State Duma will continue to work here. Anyone who is not accredited, of course, does not have this opportunity.
If a media outlet recalls its journalists, then, again in accordance with the Regulations on Accreditation, the passes are revoked.
The list of journalists who work in the State Duma can be adjusted by two parties: the State Duma, when it revokes accreditation, as was the case with a number of foreign media (American media recognized as foreign agents - "MK"), or editorial staff, when they themselves decide who to send to the State Duma and, in principle, whether to work in the State Duma or not.
Let’s say we don’t have journalists from Ekho Moskvy who are accredited in the State Duma, although we are open to this media and attend the broadcast. RTVI also still does not have accredited journalists. If statements about reviews of journalists are made by media outlets that previously worked in the State Duma, of course, the lists of accredited journalists will be adjusted.”
Non-admission is a consequence of the decision of the editorial boards of a number of media outlets, the State Duma speaker said...
Let us remind you that RBC, Ekho Moskvy and Znak, after yesterday’s decision of the Duma Ethics Commission, announced the recall of all their journalists and the State Duma.
Radio “Moscow Speaks” decided to mention the name of Leonid Slutsky with a remark about harassment. Republic will now accompany all mentions of the State Duma with the words “Body state power Russian Federation justifying sexual harassment.”
Kommersant, Pravo.ru and Lenta will no longer use Slutsky as a newsmaker (the latter will delete all materials about him that are not related to the sex scandal). Cooperation with the Duma was interrupted by the RTVI channel - as long as Slutsky remains as head of the committee on international politics.
The Russian Union of Journalists expressed bewilderment at the conclusions of the Duma ethics commission, which found nothing reprehensible in Slutsky’s behavior. SJR called for reporting cases of harassment and recognized the right of the media to declare a boycott of the State Duma - the main thing is to continue to promptly inform readers about the work of parliament.
Head of the Moscow Union of Journalists Pavel Gusev, the departure of journalists from the Duma was a “wrong decision”: in his opinion, on the contrary, now it is necessary to increase attention to the work of the lower chamber - otherwise the deputies will work “with even greater servility to the authorities.”
Let us recall that Leonid Slutsky’s harassment was publicly reported by RTVI deputy editor-in-chief Ekaterina Kotrikadze, BBC correspondent Farida Rustamova and Dozhd employee Daria Zhuk. Yesterday Daria and Farida attended.
Members of the commission refused to delve into the details of Slutsky’s sexual harassment. Its head, Otari Arshba, said: “In my opinion, there is no need to ask whether he approached from the right or kissed the left cheek or did not kiss at all.”
Farida Rustamova, however, invited the deputies to familiarize themselves with a printout of the audio recording of her conversation with Slutsky (she wanted to get his comment on Marine Le Pen’s visit to Russia). Later, deputy Irina Rodnina, leaving the meeting, said: there was only one copy of the printout, and there was no way to really look at it.
A new charge of sexual harassment has been brought against the chairman of the Duma Committee on International Affairs, Leonid Slutsky. Public discussion of the deputy’s behavior began in the last ten days of February, when journalists from the parliamentary pool came forward with anonymous evidence against Slutsky. One of them, producer of the Dozhd television company Daria Zhuk, revealed her name after she was supported by the deputy editor-in-chief of the RTVi television channel Ekaterina Kotrikadze.
Events developed according to the usual pattern in such cases: while some warmly supported the journalists, others were skeptical of their words, and Leonid Slutsky himself rejected the accusations and called them “a rude tactic during the election campaign.”
Regarding the accusations of sexual harassment, I can say the following: attempts to turn Slutsky into a Russian Harvey Weinstein look most like a cheap, low-grade provocation. And - unfortunately for the initiators of these attempts! - are doomed to failure in advance.
If someone has complaints against me, then let these people express them to my face. And I’m not going to react to the stuffing, which, by the way, is quite in the spirit of the Dozh TV channel. It is clear that the entire strategy of the so-called opposition journalist is based on banal mud-slinging. From a business point of view, it’s difficult to find fault with me, so they came up with “harassment.”
However, on March 6, the deputy was accused of harassment by BBC employee Farida Rustamova, who retained a full audio recording of the meeting with Slutsky. The transcript of the audio recording impressed even many of those who disparagingly commented on sex scandals in Hollywood - it seems that the same thing looks more convincing on domestic material.
Unexpectedly, during the conversation, Slutsky changed the topic of conversation and suggested: “Little bunny, maybe you should throw it at<...>is this BBC? I'll take you somewhere." [...]
I have a young man, Leonid Eduardovich.
-Drop him.
-Don't want.
-Why?
-I want to marry him.
-Great, you will be his wife and my mistress.
Rustamova once again tried to ask a question about Le Pen, but did not receive any more substantive answers. After which, with the words “come on, little bunny, you’ll be in the mood, stop by, I missed you,” according to the journalist’s recollections, the politician abruptly approached her, “held his hand, internal part palms up my pubis" and jumped back.
Rustamova recalls that it was so unexpected that it plunged her into shock and stupor: “I didn’t understand what happened. It was very abrupt. I started stuttering, gurgling, I was in a numb state. I mumbled that I was more with you I won’t come, you’re giving up.”
Judging by the answer, which is available on the audio recording of the conversation, Slutsky did not agree with this assessment of his actions.
“I don’t let go of my hands, well, just a little bit. Letting go of my hands is an ugly expression,” the deputy answered.
-But you do it!
-I do it beautifully.
About a year has passed since all this happened; Farida Rustamova decided to speak openly only after she saw the testimonies of other girls.
I am very grateful to Katerina Kotrikadze, whom, unfortunately, I did not know until yesterday, and Daria Zhuk for their courage, and with them to the Dozhd and RTVi TV channels. Not every editorial office will dare to protect its correspondent in such a situation.
I was very lucky to work for the BBC. I am supported, helped, I am protected. Thank you for this, my dear corporation.
Deputy Slutsky has powerful friends. LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky personally asked President Vladimir Putin to appoint Slutsky as chairman of the International Affairs Committee after the State Duma elections. Slutsky himself, a couple of years ago, out of the blue, showed me photographs of his, as he called them, close friends. Among them were photos with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (on a yacht), Prince Albert II of Monaco and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Slutsky is also closely connected with the Russian Orthodox Church and with people from the capital’s construction complex.
No one called me or threatened me, but by making this story public, I fear for my safety.
I assume that, most likely, this situation will be released under the brakes and Slutsky will not get anything for it. But I hope that this story will help make my colleagues suffer less from harassment and not be afraid to talk about it.
The editor-in-chief of Echo of Moscow believes that one of the reasons why the avalanche finally happened was the deputy’s discussion of the scandal on Facebook:
I want to fully support what Katya Kotrikadze did. I regret that she herself did not explain why she did this, besides those harassments 7 years ago. She read on Leonid Slutsky’s Facebook his discussion of this story, when they were still talking about him anonymously with his friends, former deputies: “Ha ha ha! Can’t you lend me two girls?...” - “And I can only have pretty ones...”. - “And you only have pretty ones.” Ha-ha-ha!” And this pissed her off, and absolutely rightly so.
That is, instead of the person apologizing, saying that he was misunderstood, that he liked the girls: “I apologize to those whom I offended, I didn’t mean to” - he begins - ha ha ha! over their victims. This absolutely pissed her off. She opened up.
Therefore, my full support for Katya Kotrikadze and the unknown Daria Zhuk. But this explanation is that when all this became known, and they still mock those who consider themselves victims of it, this is what led her to the disclosure. And I understand that. And I support this. Although I never support any kind of campaigning, you know. Therefore, Katya, we are with you. We understand how much courage it takes to say this. The same ones will grin behind your back, but we are with you and “Echo” is also with you
Screenshots of this discussion were indeed widely circulated on the Internet, accompanied by a large number unflattering comments addressed to the “people’s representatives.”
Weinstein in a parallel universe.
A State Duma deputy, accused of harassment, shares journalists like sausage on FB with his colleagues. Openly laughing.
Deputies from the Committee on International Affairs are discussing on social networks how to start harassing journalists together.
And yes, the very fact of such a discussion should be submitted to the ethics commission.
Having read State Duma deputies Anton Morozov, Alexei Gabisov, Alexei Dolin, I remembered Talleyrand: “Entire nations would shudder if they knew what nonentities rule them.” It must be so disgusting to publicly curry favor with your superiors.
I kept wondering why I was not at all impressed by the story about deputy Slutsky, who rudely pestered journalists and now there seems to be audio evidence of this. And I understood. It’s just that I, like the majority of Russian citizens, am deeply convinced that our deputies (well, ok, not all, but the majority, and certainly all of the LDPR elders):
a) tear off the wings of flies
b) crush old women with asphalt rollers
c) organize cannibal orgies
d) worship Satan
d) openly work for our reptilian enemies
I don't mean to say that grabbing girls is a minor offense. But just if tomorrow it turns out that one LDPR deputy ate another deputy without salt and didn’t even choke, then I wouldn’t be surprised at all.
Who will argue with the fact that Slutsky (who is a deputy, not a coach) is a vintage scumbag and in general<человек недостойный>? This is a medical fact. But what does the public want? Expulsion of him from the State Duma? So there they are all like that. He sits in a place worthy of his moral qualities. And according to the party line it is quite consistent.
However, even in the State Duma there are exceptions: for example, deputy Oksana Pushkina believes that Slutsky should be fired and promises to introduce amendments to the legislation that will strengthen liability for sexual harassment.
Many journalists and public figures supported the deprivation of Leonid Slutsky’s deputy mandate and supported their colleagues.
So, well, have you finished off this lustful animal? Even?
Farida Rustamova, you’re great, I’m sending rays of support with all my might
I know Farida personally, and I vouch for the fact that she is telling the truth. I'm with you and we are with you, the scoundrel must be punished
After all this, Slutsky should at least be deprived of his mandate and expelled from the State Duma. This will be easier to do with an audio recording. We must do everything possible to bring the matter to an end, to establish the maximum number of cases of harassment on the part of Slutsky. The feeling is that there are many more victims from this deputy.
I remember those who grunted during Weinsteinheit: “What were these fools thinking when they went to his room? This is what they go to the room for, and not for a tete-a-tete conversation.” This argument doesn't work here. The journalist goes to the deputy’s office precisely for a one-on-one conversation.
Farida Rustamova, you're cool for telling me. And the fact that I couldn’t fight back on the spot is normal, it shouldn’t be a shame. I'm with you.
Farida is great for deciding to talk about this and post the voice recording. She's wildly unpleasant. And how difficult it is for Farida.
Slutsky, of course, will now remain silent and pretend that nothing happened. But now this is concrete proof of what happened. And about Slutsky I would like to write as quickly as possible as at least “ex-State Duma deputy.”
I have known and respected Katya, Farida, and Dasha for a long time. I met Katya a thousand years ago in Tbilisi, I worked with Dasha at Dozhd - the kindest, most soulful person, I started communicating with Farida from regular get-togethers of ex-employees of Gazeta.Ru and I remember how patriarchal she was brought up.
You are great for taking the plunge, I can imagine how hard it was to tell. And I hope that now Sluchsky’s balls will be torn off both in his family and at work.
Of course, they don’t want to hand over their own, but it’s a big shame. I don’t even know how they will get out of it, what else they will come up with.
All this time, no one was trying to make excuses for Slutsky. And they didn’t hesitate to shout about black panties on air. And they giggled on his Facebook. And they ran around, almost calling him a saint.
Deputies, you should be ashamed of many things, but maybe now you will at least stop defending your vile fellow tribesman who does this? Or is this a normal norm within the walls of the State Duma and everyone does it?
I will repeat for the hundredth time. All that reality in the West that outrages the right-wing patriarchal public in Russia - women’s struggle for their rights, migrants, LGBT, basic income (welfare), legalization of soft drugs, direct democracy and, in general, humanization social relations- will come to Russia too. It will start with Moscow, then there will be others major cities. Again, a special explanation for adherents of such a right-wing patriarchy: this is neither good nor bad - this is a given, a natural process of social development. For example, a hundred, even seventy years ago, these right-wing conservatives would have been rotting in the trenches, but now they are sitting in warm rooms - and no one is reproachful about this. And two hundred years ago they would have been flogged with rods for reading the foreign press and sent to hard labor for freethinking. Almost like Dostoevsky.
Everything flows, everything changes.
#they write that Slutsky is everything.
And in terms of career
And in the sense of marriage, although he was forgiven _much_
But the main thing is that it is by his example, as @Docpro is convinced, that it will be shown where simple Russian male flirting is (no match for Western and European ones), and where there is sexual harassment.
And, as some “friends” advise, he can no longer escape abroad - he will be fried there with his feathers inside.
It always falls to someone to be shot in front of the line without the right to a pistol with one cartridge.
So expect convulsions and a logical outcome.
But, of course, not everyone believes that the deputy should be punished.
They started killing Slutsky completely. The BBC, over there, trumpeted. Meanwhile, he is a normal, moderately lustful man. Nature takes its toll. It seems that liberal journalists want to be known as victims, “like in Hollywood.” Venediktov, by the way, has already come forward and supported the victims. Feels behind him).
When you read and read all this, you become so lost that you want to say: have you gone completely crazy?
And you yourself are not funny, not disgusted - from such a concentration of hypocrisy, idiocy and unbearably false hysteria over a three-kopeck issue?
Well, if some stranger touched you, then slap him in the face, leave and forget about it in a minute.
Oh, he called me “bunny” - and after that I cried for three years.
Oh, he is a State Duma deputy - and he dared to invite me to become his mistress.
How could he!
This is an injury!
This is a moral disaster!
And if you were pushed on the subway, do you cry into your pillow at night?
And if a drunk called you a bad word, do you go to a psychotherapist?
I understand that “he waved his hand and bounced off” - this is practically Chikatilo, and after that, if you do survive, it still takes a long time to come to your senses, every now and then trying to commit suicide, but...
When the wrong men pester you, it can be unpleasant, I believe.
But hypocrisy, little bunny, is a very big sin.
But let’s imagine that the State Duma Ethics Commission will take this and<выгонит>Slutsky from the committee chairmen.
Already in the morning after this day, “accusations of harassment” will appear on the market for security services. In our country, where many thousands of people are imprisoned for planting drugs on them, setting several girls hired for 500 rubles on a person would be much more technologically advanced.
And personally, of course, I believe Kotrikadze. And yes, here we are not dealing with girls for 500 rubles, but with people well-known in the industry, with provenance and an appropriate attitude towards them and their words (Rozovsky’s accusation of some kind of crazy woman the other day, as you can see, was not developed).
But these respected girls are now creating a new repressive mechanism with their own hands. Of course they don't want that. But they do.
And as soon as the mechanism is created, the case with Rozovsky will become an exception. They will accuse in chorus, in many voices. No one will be able to make excuses - a residue will still remain.
If you want to ask me: what should be done in this situation, if it’s so bad and so bad?
And I will answer you: I don’t know what to do.
This is what we have national peculiarity. Whatever is done is for the worse.
Others argue heatedly with those who are not prepared to discuss history seriously.
Dear (and inexpensive) fellow men, choking on their irony in social networks about the case named after. Slutsky, I have a request for you right away - shut your mouth, eh. And now to the point. I understand that the concept of empathy as such is alien to you, but try with your meager brains (or the semblance of them) to imagine that you are a young girl, a parliamentary correspondent. You are invited for a conversation by a speaker, a man twice your age, heavier and physically stronger. He closes the office door. And pins you in a corner. And tries to slobber on it. Or he gets under your skirt. What the hell recorder are you talking about? What the hell are fingerprints in this situation, hello? From the skirt? It’s already good to run away. And imagine (although it’s unlikely you’ll succeed) what stress and socially programmed shame it is to talk about it. I understand that you are all smiling disgustingly now and saying that it is impossible to prove anything. Especially for your sake, I hope that karma still exists
I once tried to slap him, but I couldn’t reach him. And she ran for the stun gun. And I was bullied after that. That’s why we don’t risk hitting them in the face, which they will announce later<сумасшедшей>
Such men’s conclusions infuriate me so much, they infuriate women in the comments who think that “what’s wrong”, that the professionalism of a female journalist is ridiculed and questioned and not a word is said about the fact that the deputy is an asshole. That they do not believe that such “behavior” of a man is unacceptable and traumatic.
I don’t remember the faces of the random “tram” scoundrels, but I remember the disgust and horror of their sudden touches. And even more so, I remember all the inappropriate jokes, unambiguous suggestions and hints from my colleagues. This is very unpleasant. And this is not forgotten. Even if you didn’t give yourself offense and answered.
I would really like Slutsky to lose his mandate.
And so that his colleagues would start looking at him askance.
And so that society would stop thinking “what’s wrong”, he didn’t kill and eat him in the end.
I don’t even know what angers me more: the comments of men who giggle about harassment, or the reaction of women who say that men just look after me, and we should be happy.
This is all a continuation of the conversation about the lack of respect for human dignity. For many decades, ideas about human dignity were burned out with a hot iron. It was a success. Congratulations. And now for all cops, guards, officials, and for any security guard, the main pleasure is to humiliate. This is the only way they can assert themselves. And I have absolutely no idea what to do about it. How to explain what human dignity is. How to talk about the need to respect not out of fear, but because mom and dad raised me that way. I'm terribly angry. Evil, including because of powerlessness. I was lucky: my stepfather, when I started working, was a very famous journalist. Both his surname and his authority protected me. Because almost everyone perceived me not as a journalist, but as a daughter. It was a shame. But now I understand that it helped me avoid many unpleasant situations. I really want to protect my colleagues. Your girlfriends. I want to go and punch Slutsky in the face (sorry, I know this is administrative) for my friend Katya, for my friend Farida. For Dasha Zhuk, whom we only met a couple of times. I know everyone will continue to laugh. That women with challahs on their heads who work in the State Duma will protect the ghoul. They will lie that the girls made it all up and are just trying to attract attention. God forbid that you attract attention in this way!
I don't know what to do with this. I guess I’ll just constantly remind you that Slutsky is scum. Like any man who considers such behavior normal. Maybe someone will listen. Suddenly he thinks about it. Suddenly he agrees.
It's scary when someone close to you becomes a victim. It’s even worse when you read or hear the reaction of people in power to this story and you understand that they don’t want to understand anything, but are covering up for an immoral type. I hope that the existence of the audio recording and SMS will become a serious argument for people in the presidential administration and the leadership of the State Duma to deprive Slutsky of his parliamentary powers or at least force him to apologize.
On the other hand, anyone who observed the actions of the Russian authorities in recent years, knows that absolutely any amount of evidence can be declared insufficient.
Scandal with Slutsky
When they call their names, then we'll talk
- When more than one Kotrikadze says, then we’ll talk
- When the recording is ready, then we’ll talk
===YOU ARE HERE===
- When there is a photo, then we’ll talk
- When the video comes out, then we’ll talk
- When the sperm comes, then we’ll talk
Yesterday it became known that Vasily Utkin (46) has stopped collaborating with Channel One and will no longer comment on matches of the 2018 World Cup. “Circumstances have developed in such a way that I will no longer comment on the World Cup matches on Channel One.” We are parting with Channel One with mutual respect and, on my part, with gratitude,” Utkin said, but did not announce the details of his departure. “You, of course, want to know why this happened. I ask you to respect my right, but I want not to talk about it. I ask you to respect my right to privacy, do not bother me with calls and maintain my privacy.”
Vasily Utkin
And now we've lost another commentator. Former coach Russian national team Leonid Slutsky (47) finished working on Channel One. He said this at the end of yesterday, which our team won with a score of 3:1. “Unfortunately for myself, I am finishing my work on Channel One, because I need to start other activities,” said Slutsky.
Leonid Slutsky
There are rumors on the Internet that the reason for Slutsky’s dismissal is political: during the Germany-Mexico match, Leonid joked about Alexei Navalny: “Navalny plays football? Well... It would be interesting to take a look.” By the way, on the official website of Channel One, all the games except this one are posted in replay.
However, neither Channel One nor Slutsky himself disclose the reasons for the dismissal.
Six large media outlets at once, including the RBC and Kommersant holdings, announced a full or partial boycott of the State Duma due to the fact that the ethics commission found no violations in the actions of LDPR deputy Leonid Slutsky. Previously, several journalists accused Slutsky of harassment, and on March 8 he even managed to apologize to the women whom he “caused distress.” Officially government bodies So far there has been no response to the boycott.
The ethics commission heard the case of Leonid Slutsky on March 21. Deputies examined statements from female employees of the Dozhd channel and other media outlets who accused Slutsky of molesting them when they communicated at work. Medialeaks spoke in detail about . The chairman of the commission, Otari Arshba, ultimately said that “the commission does not find any behavioral violations in Mr. Slutsky.”
In addition to the statements, the BBC management handed over to the commission an audio recording made by correspondent Farida Rustamova, which she considers evidence of the deputy’s unethical behavior. Arshba said that the commission did not listen to the recording and advises the “girls” to contact law enforcement agencies, Interfax reports.
Members of the commission draw attention to the fact that the applicants voiced their claims against their colleague Slutsky almost simultaneously, during the presidential elections of the Russian Federation, and also after a considerable time (from a year to three years) after the alleged "incidents" took place.
Arshba also stated that the facts studied by the commission “indicate the selectivity, purposefulness, and planned nature of the applicants’ actions.”
Soon after this, the management of the RBC holding announced that it would stop working in the State Duma. All RBC publications are recalling their journalists from this government body. The head of the joint editorial office, Elizaveta Golikova, explained that in this way RBC expresses disagreement with the position of the ethics commission.
With this decision, the ethics commission essentially recognized the possibility of sexual harassment of journalists by newsmakers as a norm. We do not agree with this approach and refuse to consider the Duma’s position on this issue normal.
Several media outlets followed RBC's example. The TV channels Dozhd and RTVi, whose employees had previously reported Slutsky’s harassment, completely refused to work with the Duma. Dozhd editor-in-chief Alexandra Perepelova said that “it is simply dangerous for women to be in the State Duma.”
The editorial board of the Dozhd TV channel, which was the first to raise the issue of deputy Leonid Slutsky’s harassment of journalists, including our colleague, is outraged by the position of the State Duma and the parliamentary ethics commission and considers its decision unacceptable and mocking.
RTVi chief editor Alexey Pivovarov said that the channel will not “interact with this government body” while Slutsky remains a deputy.
RTVI
RTVi declares its solidarity.
He wrote in a telegram that “Echo of Moscow” will no longer take comments from Slutsky and is recalling correspondents from the State Duma editor-in-chief radio station Alexey Venediktov.
1. “Echo of Moscow” stands in solidarity with journalists who have become victims of harassment in the State Duma.
2. “Echo of Moscow” is disappointed by the decision of the parliamentary ethics commission, which essentially justified such practice in the country’s highest legislative body.
3. “Echo of Moscow” now considers the State Duma an unsafe place of work for journalists of both sexes (you never know what preferences the deputies have) and, in accordance with the proposal of State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, is recalling its journalists from the State Duma.
4. “Echo of Moscow” confirms its decision of March 5 to cease interaction with the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky.
5. “Echo of Moscow” stands in solidarity with the editorial offices of RBC, “Kommersant” and “Dozhd” and calls on other editorial offices to show solidarity with journalists.
Lenta.ru announced a boycott of Slutsky personally, and not of the entire State Duma.
Lenta.Ru
State Duma deputy Leonid Slutsky ignores accusations of sexual harassment. From now on, Lenta.ru ignores the existence of Deputy Slutsky and joins the boycott organized by our colleagues. All materials about him that do not relate to allegations of harassment will be deleted.
If accreditation ends and the media recalls its journalists, again in accordance with the accreditation regulations, the passes are revoked.
In private, the general producer of Match TV, Tina Kandelaki, announced support for female journalists who reported harassment by Slutsky.
Who said that a woman at work, at the most inopportune and unexpected moment, wants a light and sudden massage of her intimate areas? Especially from a deputy. Especially in his office. Especially during interviews.
Kandelaki compared Slutsky’s actions to the actions of a pedophile.
Usually, in exchange for candy, it was offered to give the grandfather his palm, which could have been accidentally placed in a place that was not intended for a child’s palm. But today, in broad daylight, adventures happen in Moscow in the State Duma, in the office of a deputy.
The general producer of Match TV urged her colleagues not to be afraid of harassment and to fight back.
IN modern world Reputation is important to any official. Any such act makes you want to slap him in the face and forever explain to homegrown Nero that the State Duma is not a place for sexual games.
It is unknown whether the channel will boycott the deputies.
Deputy from " United Russia» Oksana Pushkina supported the journalists, writes RIA Novosti.
Well done! I was happy for my workshop. Actually, my current colleagues don’t give up theirs either. A precedent has been created. There is such a problem in the country. It must be resolved through legislation. This is my opinion. I will do everything that depends on me.
Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, information technology and communications United Russia member Leonid Levin, on the contrary, believes that the media are wrong, Interfax reports.
I consider the decision of a number of media outlets to recall journalists from the federal parliament to be emotional and contrary to the most important task of the press to inform society.
Former RIA Novosti employee and creator of the “Noodlesnimalnaya” blog Alexey Kovalev believes that a boycott of the media can be effective.
MOSCOW, February 27 – RIA Novosti. State Duma deputy from the LDPR Leonid Slutsky said that he reserves the right to file a lawsuit at any time for accusations of harassment of journalists.
“In this case, we are not talking about harassment. Everyone who knows me at least in any way imagines that I am hardly capable of such actions. It is even more strange - my colleagues have already talked about this - that this is even a year later more than came out of nowhere, since the virtual, anonymous carriers of these attacks themselves say that this happened a long time ago. Therefore, this is some kind of provocation with the aim of adding a fly in the ointment to my reputation,” Slutsky told RIA Novosti.
The politician noted that this whole situation arose “on the eve of the elections,” and therefore he considers this “simply a rude tactic during the election campaign.” The parliamentarian also emphasized that, nevertheless, he treats such accusations “calmly and philosophically.”
“They waited a year. I also reserve the right to file a lawsuit at any time when I deem it appropriate. Now any lawsuits are simply grist for the mill of those who would like to stir up such a scandal... We will continue to work and deal professional activity. This situation is artificial in itself and I think that it will pass in the same way,” he concluded.
Earlier, a correspondent for the Dozhd TV channel working in the State Duma, during a broadcast with LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, said that a member of the faction was “molesting female journalists.” As the correspondent explained, we are talking about deputy Leonid Slutsky. The channel's website reports that two journalists working in the State Duma, on condition of anonymity, told Dozhd about harassment by the parliamentarian. Zhirinovsky said on the TV channel that he was hearing about this for the first time, did not consider such behavior normal, and promised to talk with Slutsky on this topic.
The head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs himself called the accusations against him slander and expressed confidence that the leadership of the State Duma will understand the situation. The deputy noted that attempts to make him a “Russian Harvey Weinstein” look like a cheap and base provocation and are doomed to failure in advance.
Vice-Speaker of the State Duma Igor Lebedev, in turn, said that the LDPR on March 1 at the State Duma Council will raise the issue of depriving all representatives of the Dozhd TV channel of accreditation in the lower house of parliament after accusations were made in the media of harassment of parliamentary pool journalists by Slutsky .
In response to this, acting The editor-in-chief of the Dozhd TV channel, Alexandra Perepelov, expressed the hope that Lebedev, instead of “threatening journalists” with deprivation of accreditation, would conduct an investigation into Slutsky.
