Leontyev about "scoundrels"

On March 9, 2005, in the program “Odnako”, Mikhail Leontiev once again lashed out at human rights activists with harsh accusations. The journalist's anger was aroused by the remark of the chairman of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Lyudmila Alekseeva, that Maskhadov's death was beneficial to the bastards who want the war to last indefinitely.

"It is typical to use the word" scoundrels "in relation to fighters fighting terrorists ," M. Leontiev is indignant and attacks the MHG: "What kind of group is this anyway? If anyone remembers the Helsinki Act of 75, the great breakthrough of Brezhnev's diplomacy to consolidate the post-war status quo in Europe. There was the so-called third basket, human rights, on which the Soviet regime was just bred. And from there the entire human rights movement emerged. However, there were also the first and second baskets: the inviolability of borders, including The Baltics, and Eastern Europe, and so on. So, these baskets do not live separately. What kind of Helsinki? How is it possible to include negotiations with forest creatures in the Helsinki process, which is already trying to dismember even the former RSFSR? ... It is they [human rights activists and European officials - ed. ] are trying to make the war last forever. And on this basis, they are true bastards " .

Leontiev repeatedly publicly accused human rights activists of subversive activities, but the subversive role of human rights activists in the 70s. did not become until that moment the object of public criticism of the journalist.

Sources

• Leontiev M. However // 1 channel. 2005. March 9.