State Duma deputy Andrei Lugovoy asked the Prosecutor General to evaluate the words of Valery Meladze, who responded in a whisper to the slogan “Glory to Ukraine!”

State Duma deputy Andrei Lugovoy appealed to the Prosecutor General of Russia with a request to give a legal assessment of the actions of singer Valery Meladze, who, during a New Year's corporate party in Dubai, allegedly answered in a whisper to the slogan "Glory to Ukraine!".

Lugovoi posted a copy of the appeal on his Telegram channel. In a statement, he noted that after the start of the war, Meladze “was one of the first to leave the country,” “did not support the actions of the Russian army,” while, the deputy stressed, the artist is scheduled to perform in Russia in 2023.

Lugovoy, explaining his appeal to the prosecutor's office, said that "already now we need to be able to protect our citizens from mangy dogs."

After a speech in Dubai, Russian politicians criticized Meladze, for example, State Duma deputy Elena Drapeko proposed declaring him a “foreign agent”, and Elena Afanasyeva, senator from the Orenburg region, to deprive her of Russian citizenship.

Meladze, in response to criticism , said on January 3 that "the peoples I love dearly are in a conflict in which people are dying." “I can’t and don’t want to hate anyone, and I’m not trying to please anyone,” the singer wrote on social networks.