Putin’s feminist crackdown won’t crush the spirit of Russia’s women

In the wake of draconian laws against ‘LGBT Propaganda’ introduced in Russia at the end of last year – namely, speaking with anything but flagrant condemnation about LGBT matters in public – Russia’s politicians seem to have sunk to a new low: feminism could soon be reclassified as an ‘extremist’ activity.

A draft law setting out this crackdown has been put together by Oleg Matveychev, member of United Russia, Putin-supporter and deputy chairman of a state Duma committee. It’s currently being chewed over by the ‘Commission for Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia’s Internal Affairs’ and, if judged a runner, will then pass to the state Duma for ratification.

In an interview last Tuesday, Matveychev gave his reasoning as follows:

Feminists in the West are all against Putin, against Russia and for the war… Our feminists are simply agents of the West. They are engaged in the destruction of traditional values, their activities are contrary to the presidential decree on the support of traditional values.