Gennady Zyuganov vs. Sergey Malinkovich

On March 13, 2007, it became known that on February 21, 2007, Gennady Zyuganov sent an appeal to the prosecutor of St. Petersburg, Sergei Zaitsev, with a request to initiate a criminal case against the first secretary of the organization Communists of St. Petersburg, Sergei Malinkovich.

According to Ivan Melnikov, deputy chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, who reported on the appeal, in one of the television broadcasts, Malinkovich allowed himself statements of an extremist nature. "We do not accept such tricks and demand that criminal proceedings be instituted under two articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: 282 (inciting ethnic hatred) and 129 (slander)" , Ivan Melnikov said.

As far as one can understand, this refers to the circumstances of the replacement of the leader of the St. Petersburg list of the Communist Party in the elections held on March 11: the place of State Duma deputy Zhores Alferov was taken by I. Melnikov. Then S. Malinkovich told media representatives that Alferov had been replaced because of his origin: “There (in the leadership of the Communist Party - ed. ) It was clearly stated that a person of Jewish nationality should not be put at the head of the party list. Therefore, Alferov at the last moment said:“ Ah , So! Do you have any anti-Semitic ideas here? Then excuse me, goodbye!"

ZAKS.Ru reports that the Communists of St. Petersburg "with humor" perceived the information about the appeal of G. Zyuganov and I. Melnikov to the prosecutor's office.

Sources

• The Communists of St. Petersburg took the news with humor about the appeal of Zyuganov and Melnikov to the prosecutor's office with a request to initiate a criminal case against Sergei Malinkovich // ZAKS.Ru. 2007. March 15.
• The Communist Party wants to plant Malinkovych // ZAKS.Ru. 2007. March 12.
• Zyuganov Peter passed // Age. 2007. January 20.