Chapter Feor: The incident with Tolstoy's statements is exhausted

The head of the Federation of the Jewish communities of Russia (Feor) Alexander Borod considered an exhausted incident related to the statements of the Vice-Speaker of the State Duma of Peter Tolstoy, TASS reports. "It seems to me that we have removed the question. He said that he regrets that he was incorrectly understood, and he asks for forgiveness from those whom he offended," said the beard. At the same time, the head of Feor noted that "Peter Tolstoy has no history, anti -Semitic system," there is no reputation for anti -Semite.

Reconciliation occurred during the inspection organized in the lower house of the parliament of the exhibition "The property of Russia. Pages of history and spiritual traditions." “I wanted to say two words about those accusations that are heard about anti -Semitism,” said Tolstoy. “Of course, I did not mean any nationality and talked about the history of our country and those people who destroyed both temples and synagogues, and it was not about nationalities.” “Therefore, I ask you, if it hurt someone, then I regret it, I ask you to understand correctly,” he turned to the interlocutor.

“This is our common story with you, our common country with you, and of course, we must protect interethnic agreement and the interfaith world,” the vice speaker also emphasized.

According to Tolstoy, the hype was raised "due to the fault of unscrupulous journalists", who attributed to him "some set of concepts." “I hope you understand correctly,” he concluded.

On January 23, Tolstoy, speaking at a press conference in Moscow, stated that the descendants of those who "destroyed our temples, having jumped out ... Due to the settings of seduction with the Nagan in the seventeenth year," due to the line of sedentaryness in the seventeenth year. " “Today, their grandchildren and great -grandchildren, working in different other very respected places - at radio stations, in legislative assemblies - continue the work of their grandfathers and great -grandfathers,” the vice speaker concluded.

Feor accused Tolstoy of undermining the ethnic world, urging the parliament to respond to his statements. The State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, in turn, stated that Tolstoy, speaking of the descendants of people who "jumped out of the settledness" and destroyed temples, could not mean Jews, but the convicts.