State Duma deputy Khamzaev will ask the ICR to check the statements of Boris Grebenshchikov

Sultan Khamzaev, a member of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption, said that he would send a request to the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR) to check the recent statements of the leader of the Aquarium group, Boris Grebenshchikov. the deputy asks to check the musician for the fact of promoting terrorism and discrediting the Russian military.

“I note that these are not some separate statements of plague actors. This is an ideological war aimed at forming a defeatist public opinion. “Sleeping cells” of the West, which are focused on spreading fakes, imposing false truth and demonstrating their loyalty to the West,” he said. “RIA News” Sultan Khamzaev. According to him, society requires an appropriate response to such statements.

After the start of the special operation, Boris Grebenshchikov left Russia for the UK. On May 20, 2022, Boris Grebenshchikov gave an interview to the Israeli channel Channel 9, in which he said that one of his concerts in Berlin collected 12 million (then he did not specify what currency he was talking about). The musician said that he sent this amount to Ukraine. During the conversation, Mr. Grebenshchikov criticized the conduct of the special operation and called Russia’s position fascist.

In June, Boris Grebenshchikov clarified that €12 million was not his personal donation, but was collected as a result of the Sound of Peace charity festival in Berlin, where other artists also performed. The musician noted that he “never had such an amount.”

An excerpt from this interview began to be actively published today in Telegram channels. In particular, it was posted by a member of the HRC, journalist Alexander Kots.

Sultan Khamzaev was the first Russian politician who publicly spoke out about the need to bring to justice the theater and film actor Artur Smolyaninov. The reason was the statement of the artist in an interview about his readiness to fight on the side of Ukraine. He also said that he “does not care about the fate of Russia.” Following the criticism of Sultan Khamzaev and his colleagues, the chairman of the TFR, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to initiate a criminal case against the actor. It was not clear which article was being referred to.

Read more about the case of Artur Smolyaninov – in the material “Kommersant” “Alexander Bastrykin instructed to take the actor on trial”.

Lusine Balasyan