Russian Jews horrified by MP's 'shameful' slur

[Behind the Aegis]

Saint Petersburg (AFP) - A pro-Kremlin lawmaker came under fire Monday after saying the ancestors of local Jewish opposition figures in Saint-Petersburg "boiled Christians in cauldrons", sparking indignation from Russia's Jewish community.

Vitaly Milonov, a Duma deputy known for his anti-gay initiatives, lashed out at the weekend at two local lawmakers leading a protest against handing over St. Isaac's basilica, a top landmark in Russia's second largest city, to the Russian Orthodox Church.

"Christians survived despite the fact that the ancestors of Boris Vishnevsky and Maksim Reznik boiled us in cauldrons and fed us to animals," ultra-conservative Milonov said at a rally Sunday to support the controversial handover.

The statement triggered a storm of criticism, with another local lawmaker Alexei Kovalev petitioning for a criminal probe into possible incitement of hatred while prominent Jewish figures said it was shameful and could spark religious tensions.

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Funny how so many anti-Semites are also homophobes.

[still_one]

1. More elders of Zion bullshit. It never ends

[Behind the Aegis]

2. So true.

How long before it starts cropping up here given the administration's ties to Russia?

[Behind the Aegis]

3. Have to check tonight if it is back on the bestseller lists again.

[still_one]

5. Are you serious?

[Behind the Aegis]

6. Sadly, yes; quite serious.

It was on the bestseller list in several Arab nations just a few years ago. It appears on the...wait for it...Japanese bestseller lists from time to time (usually in different versions). Excerpts were read in the Greek parliament a few years back. It topped the charts in Hungary, and one other former Eastern-bloc nation (can't remember off the top of my head).

[still_one]

8. wow, that's awful. Appreciate the heads up BTA

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. Let's see whst Putin does... For all his sins anti-semitism isn't one of them.

[Behind the Aegis]

7. I am guessing a blind eye will be turned.

Putin is not to be trusted. Even after the upsurge of attacks against Jews in Europe and his beckoning Jews to come to "Mother Russia", many were not swayed. Though there are more than a few Jews who do emigrate to Russia.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. I neither like or trust Putin.

However I have read several books on him and Russia and one of the themes is he leaves the Jews alone. He is a bad man but he seems more layered than Trump.