Tyumen deputies ask Mishustin to deprive Valery Meladze of the title “Honored Artist of the Russian Federation”

Alexander Chepik, deputy of the Just Russia faction of the Tyumen Regional Duma, sent a proposal to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to deprive singer Valery Meladze of the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, reports “Kommersant”. In addition, it is also proposed to ban his concert activities in our country.

“It is very unfortunate that many enemies have settled in Russia who are ”cutting grandmas” on the simple working people,” commented Alexander Chepik. – And a little something – they run away there.

According to the press service of the regional Duma, the parliamentarian sent a request together with fellow deputies on January 14.

Earlier in social networks spread scandalous video from the New Year’s concert of Valery Meladze in Dubai.

After the publication on social networks, a number of representatives of the federal legislature called for measures to be taken against the singer. So, Senator Elena Afanasyeva said that he should be deprived of Russian citizenship. Elena Drapeko, Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Culture, called for him to be recognized as a foreign agent and banned from entering the Russian Federation. Parliamentarian Andrey Lugovoy appealed to Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov with a request to give the singer’s actions a legitimate assessment.

At the regional level, followed controversial reaction and from Chechnya – Valery Meladze is the “People’s Artist of the Chechen Republic”.

The singer himself commented on this video, saying that he does not want to hate anyone and does not try to please anyone. According to him, he only dreams of “the antagonism to stop and harmony to be established between close peoples.” “And for this I am ready to give all my strength,” Meladze added.