The head of the Duma committee spoke out against prison terms for denying the Armenian genocide
Pavel Krasheninnikov, head of the State Duma Committee on Civil, Criminal, Arbitration and Procedural Legislation, spoke out against the adoption of a bill that criminalizes the denial of the Armenian genocide. Such a bill was submitted to the State Duma by the deputies from A Just Russia. Krasheninnikov called the deputies' proposal irrelevant. “Yes, there was an incident. But you need to respond to the situation adequately. Today, there is no relevance, ”said the head of the committee.