On
February 4th, 2013, Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, addressed the
Duma (Russian Parliament).
He gave a speech about the tensions with minorities in
Russia:
"In Russia live Russians. Any minority, from anywhere, if it wants to live in
Russia, to work and eat in Russia, should speak Russian, and should respect the
Russian laws. If they prefer Shari รข a Law, then we advise them to go to those
places where that's the state law. Russia does not need minorities. Minorities
need Russia, and we will not grant them special privileges, or try to change our
laws to fit their desires, no matter how loud they yell 'discrimination'. We
better learn from the suicides of America, England, Holland and France, if we
are to survive as a nation.
The Russian customs and traditions are not
compatible with the lack of
culture
or the primitive ways of most minorities. When this honourable legislative body
thinks of creating new laws, it should have in mind the national interest first,
observing that the minorities are not Russians.
The
politicians in the Duma gave Putin a standing ovation for five
minutes!
