The FSB for 10 years closed the entry into the Russian Federation to the sociologist Karin Cleman, who was about to give a lecture on "yellow vests"

On Wednesday, the Border Service of the FSB of Russia did not let Karin Cleman into the country of the famous French sociologist and human rights activist. The security forces said that it poses a threat to the national security of the Russian Federation. Earlier, Cleman lived and taught in Russia for more than 20 years, was married to the State Duma deputy Oleg Shein, and her daughter was a citizen of the Russian Federation. The sociologist spent the last year in France, where she studied the movement of "yellow vests" . Cleman came to Russia to share this knowledge.

According to Karin Cleman, on Wednesday evening, when she passed passport control at Sheremetyevo Airport, she was informed about the ban on entry. "They took it into a separate room where the FSB officers presented a notification that I could not visit Russia for ten years," Kommersant reports her words.

The decision refers to paragraph 1 of Part 1. Art. 27 FZ-114 (ban on the entrance "In order to ensure defense or security of the state").

“I was informed that I would be sent back to France by the nearest flight,” Kleman added.

She intends to consult with lawyers whether it is possible to challenge the ban on the entrance. “After all, I have a husband and a little daughter - citizens of Russia. They constantly go to their homeland to relatives and friends,” Cleman explained.

According to the woman, she came to Russia to participate in a scientific conference. On November 29, Cleman was supposed to discuss modern protest movements in the world with Russian sociologists and give a lecture on French "yellow vests". “The last year I have been studying this movement, spent a lot of time with regional activists of“ vests ”and was surprised to find that they are talking about the same problems as protesters in the Russian regions. They have similar social criticism, a similar attitude towards the authorities,” said Karin Clemhan.

Member of the Presidential Council for Human Rights, the leader of the Russian Work Confederation Boris Kravchenko said that Cleeman is shocked by the ban on entry. “I know Karin for many years and have never seen it participate in some actions that can be interpreted as a threat to Russia. She is a brilliant specialist, studies social movements, trade unions. As a sociologist, she is personally familiar with hundreds of activists from different regions, always in the thick of events, Kravchenko said.“ We often relied on her brilliant research with a deep analysis of events. ”

Kravchenko believes that "to influence this shameful decision (prohibiting the entry) is virtually impossible - neither through parliamentarians, nor along the HRC line." “Unfortunately, someone believes that this fragile woman, a brilliant sociologist, poses a threat to the country's security,” he concluded.

We add that the theme of "yellow vests" excites not just "someone" from officials, but directly the inhabitants of the Kremlin. Vladimir Putin and state propaganda have repeatedly contrasted the French protests of the Russian "stability". In August, during a visit to France, the Russian president said that he would not allow something like that in the Russian Federation. “We would not want such events to take place in the Russian capital, and we will do everything so that our domestic political situation develops strictly within the framework of the current law,” Vladimir Putin explained. With this desire, he explained the suppression of peaceful protests in Moscow, which resulted in many months of repression and the Moscow business .

Previously, Karin Cleman already had problems with the FSB. In 2007, Cleman was also detained at Sheremetyevo Airport when passing passport control for leaving the Russian Federation. The security forces referred to the fact that a foreigner had an "old -style residence permit."

And in 2008, Cleman was an attack near Lubyanka. Then she was injected into her leg with an unknown liquid. The incident occurred at about 11 a.m., two houses from the Bilingva club, where the Frenchwoman was heading to take part in the anti -crisis meeting of the leftist forces.

On October 25 of the same year, on the eve of the All -Russian rally "Day of anger", in which she also took part, two unknown people attacked Karin Cleman. She tied this attack with simple hooliganism, as the attackers took her bag from her.

Karin Cleman is a well -known French and Russian sociologist, doctor of sciences, specialist in the lower collective movements. For the first time she arrived in Russia in 1994 to collect material for the dissertation about the problems of the labor movement. In 1996, she returned to Russia and lived here until 2018.

She was engaged in teaching and scientific work, also was among the founders of the Institute "Collective Action", which studied protest movements in Russia. In 2002-2009, Cleman was married to State Duma deputy Oleg Shein, and now he was married to Andrei Demidov, who for a long time was the co-chair of the Teacher's independent trade union.