Boris Vishnevsky called on the Public Prosecutor General to open a criminal case against MP Gurulyov, who proposed exterminating 20% of Russia’s population who disagree with Vladimir Putin’s policies
Press Release, 23.10.2023
Photo: MP Gurulyov, a screenshot of the programme “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov”
Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, sent an appeal to Igor Krasnov, Public Prosecutor General of Russia, asking to organise a check of the statement by State Duma deputy Andrei Gurulyov about extermination of 20% of Russian citizens who disagree with the policies of President Putin. Speaking on a television programme Gurulyov called these citizens “rot”, which “should be, if not isolated, then at least somehow destroyed”.
Boris Vishnevsky believes that the Public Prosecutor General should check the statements of Andrei Gurulyov, who publicly, using the media, called for murdering of people out of political hatred, and basing on the results of the check, contact the Russian parliament so that to get its consent to initiate criminal proceedings against Gurulyov.
“I believe that the inhumane and clearly illegal calls of MP Andrei Gurulyov are aimed not just at inciting hatred based on political enmity, but at undermining a number of provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation,” Boris Vishnevsky writes in his appeal.
“The ultimate goal of such statements by Mr. Gurulyov may be, as I believe, incitement of mass repressions in the Russian Federation and civil war,” the Deputy Chairman of Yabloko concludes.
It should be noted that on 15 October, 2023, State Duma deputy Andrei Gurulyov, speaking live on the programme “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov,” said that, in his opinion, President Vladimir Putin is supported by 80% of the population, noting the following about the remaining 20%: “…for all this rot that remains, it must be, if not isolated, then at least somehow destroyed.”
On 21 October, 2023, on the website Chita.ru, MP Gurulyov tried to explain his statement. In particular, he called for treating Russian citizens with the status of “foreign agents” as enemies, who must be eliminated, and also attributed to representatives of the Russian opposition the goals which he himself had invented – to destroy Russia, “surrender,” etc.
BORIS VISHNEVSKY
is Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko Party, member of the Yabloko Federal Political Committee and Bureau, and an MP of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg
Posted: October 25th, 2023 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, YABLOKO's faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly.