DUSHANBE, February 26, 2014, Asia-Plus -- “The ruling handed down by a court in Dushanbe’s Firdavsi district over the lawsuit filed by some representatives of Tajik intelligentsia against newspaper Asia-Plus and its editor Olga Tutubalina may be truly called full lawlessness and farce,” MP Shodi Shabdolov, who is also leader of the Communist Party of Tajikistan (CPT), told Asia-Plus in an interview today morning.

“I would advise representatives of intelligentsia, who filed the lawsuit, to read more attentively works by Lenin, in which he expressed his opinion about intelligentsia,” said Shabdolov.  “Lenin divided intelligentsia into three groups: intelligentsia supporting monarchy; intelligentsia protecting interests of Western capitalists; and intelligentsia protecting people’s interests.”

“I am surprised that representatives of Tajik intelligentsia, who do not care about problems of labor migrants, education and health sectors, unemployment and corruption in the country, say about protection of their honor and dignity,” said CPT leader.  “It was this part of Tajik intelligentsia, who received the truth about themselves from Asia-Plus and its editor, who are also representatives of intelligentsia.”

“I may say with confidence today that those who think only about their material wellbeing, want to revise history and are ready to dance attendance on newly brought to light masters of their new life are shit,” Shabdolov said.