State Duma deputy Gurulev called for “destroying” Boris Akunin

State Duma deputy Andrei Gurulev on Thursday during Vladimir Solovyov’s “Full Contact” show on “Soloviev Live” said that the writer Boris Akunin should be “destroyed” for his words about the Russian military.

Quote . “Who is Akunin? Enemy! And we have already talked about this, that the enemy must be destroyed. I don’t know when we will come to this, that no matter where he is - here, abroad, or something else. A person who wants the defeat of his country in full, who wants the murder of a Russian person, he must be destroyed. He shouldn't be in this world. This is the only way our country will probably survive,” the deputy said.

• Before this, Soloviev told Gurulev that Akunin called the Russian army “a bunch of criminals.”

• Apparently, Solovyov was talking about a video released on Wednesday by Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus, in which Akunin speaks with them and with actor Max Kamikaze in the image of Vladimir Zelensky about the writer’s help to Ukraine. The news of this hoax was published by many state Russian media, including TASS and Rossiyskaya Gazeta , as well as Russian pro-war bloggers such as Colonelcassad and War Ganzo .

Context . This is the second open threat of violence from State Duma deputies against Russians opposing the war in Ukraine in two days. On Wednesday, Andrei Lugovoy published the personal data of science journalist Asya Kazantseva “for those who personally want to convey to Asya that betrayal of their country is the worst sin.” Lugovoi could have violated four laws in this way, lawyers told the Agency. A few hours later he deleted the post.

• On Monday, December 11, Gurulev on “Russia 1” called for the revival of the death penalty for “internal enemies” who commit sabotage within the country, following the example of Belarus.

• In early December, the prosecutor's office and the police did not find anything criminal in his words to the deputy about the need to destroy the 20% of Russians who do not support Putin.