Viktor Shenderovich: "Yelkin and the Jews"

“In September 2006 A.D., I had the imprudence to congratulate humanity on the New Year according to the Jewish calendar. So I wrote in my own online journal: “I congratulate EVERYONE.” I wrote: “It follows from the Old Testament that all people in that or to some other degree Jews,” the writer shares his memories on hisFacebook page.

“Citizen Elkin from Khabarovsk appreciated the joke better than others: he wrote a statement to the Prosecutor General with a request to bring me to criminal responsibility, because with my congratulations I “violated Art. 26 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, which states the right of a person to determine his own nationality."

And that means I called him a Jew.

Well, they called me to the prosecutor's office. As they say: “Hello, long time no see.” I came (fourth visit, by the way). The investigator said: go ahead, write an explanation. I asked: from what place? He said: as detailed as possible.

I wrote: "Abraham begat Isaac, Isaac begat Jacob."

The investigator got acquainted with the circumstances of the case and asked: “not in so much detail.” And I straightened out this long pedigree and expressed a written hope that a group of these ancient Jews will not prevent citizens of the Russian Federation from determining their nationality themselves, in accordance with Art. 26 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation...

I ended my writing work in the office of the investigator of the Gagarin Interdistrict Prosecutor's Office with a personal clarification: “I would like to clarify separately that when I said that all people are Jews to one degree or another, I did not mean the applicant Elkin.”

Elkin - from a monkey! Because, you see, there are only two options..."