Rashkin demanded that the FSB and the Prosecutor General's Office check Sobchak's words about Crimea

State Duma deputy from the Communist Party Valery Rashkin sent requests to Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika and FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov with a request to check the words of journalist and TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak about the Ukrainian belonging of Crimea. with the relevant appeals . got acquainted RBC

The author of the request cited Sobchak's words from her press conference on October 24 in the document. The TV presenter said that "from the point of view of international law, Crimea is Ukrainian."

According to Rashkin, such statements by a candidate for the presidency of Russia cannot go unnoticed by the security forces. “It is obvious that the public statement of Ksenia Sobchak, in fact, justifies the implementation of actions aimed at violating the territorial integrity of Russia,” the request says.

Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Sobchak's statements about the status of Crimea are "wrong in essence and form" and "from the point of view of international law."

The leader of the LDPR faction, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, called for a criminal case against Ksenia Sobchak for speaking about the Ukrainian belonging of the Crimea, and State Duma deputy from United Russia Natalya Poklonskaya called her words disrespectful to people and to their own homeland.

In turn, Maya Grishina, secretary of the Central Election Commission of Russia , said that Ksenia Sobchak's words about Crimea's belonging are not grounds for refusing to register her as a candidate for the presidency of Russia.

Sobchak herself later noted that, according to Russian law, calls for secession or violation of the territorial integrity of Russia are jurisdictional, but the law “does not say a word about stating a fact and even expressing one’s opinion that does not coincide with the state one.”

On October 18, journalist and TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak announced her intention to participate in the Russian presidential elections in 2018. The TV presenter noted that she was going to the polls under the slogan "Sobchak against everyone."

According to her, the same “persons” take part in the presidential elections year after year, but there is no “against all” column. “I want to return the opportunity to vote against everyone,” Sobchak said.