Deputy Head of the State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament) Committee on Information Policy, Oleg Matveychev, told RIA Novosti on April 4 that a draft law on designating feminism an extremist ideology is under consideration by the State Duma commission on investigating the facts of foreign interference in internal affairs of the Russian Federation.  

According to him, almost all leaders of feminist communities in Russia have opposed the special military operation in Ukraine and “various groups and publics operate in social networks, spreading fake news about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.”    

Matveychev says feminism is a web, a net сast by the West in the Russian Federation, destroying traditional values.  

In an interview with Abzats published on April 4, Matveychev described feminists as an enemy of the Kremlin second only to Ukrainians.

He notes that feminists who dislike Vladimir Putin, support the right to divorce, and choose not to have children are a threat to all of Russia. 

“Feminists in the West are all against Putin, against Russia, and for the war.  Feminists in Ukraine have actually said that real feminism is for women to serve alongside men against the Russians.  Our feminists are simply agents of the West.  They are engaged in the destruction of traditional values, their activities are contrary to the president’s decree on the support of traditional values.  They are for divorce, childlessness, and abortion. They are acting against the demographic policy of the Russian Federation,” Matveychev said.

Matveychev’s draft legislation comes after Russian media claimed Daria Trepova, the woman accused of killing Maxim Fomin, a well-known Russian military blogger with a bomb disguised as a statue, was a supporter of radical feminism.

Deputy Head of the State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament) Committee on Information Policy, Oleg Matveychev, told RIA Novosti on April 4 that a draft law on designating feminism an extremist ideology is under consideration by the State Duma commission on investigating the facts of interference of foreign states in internal affairs of the Russian Federation  

According to him, almost all leaders of feminist communities in Russia have opposed the special military operation in Ukraine and “various groups and publics operate in social networks, spreading fake news about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.”    

Matveychev says feminism is a web, a net сast by the West in the Russian Federation, destroying traditional values.  

In an interview with Abzats published on April 4, Matveychev described feminists as an enemy of the Kremlin second only to Ukrainians.

He notes that feminists who dislike Vladimir Putin, support the right to divorce, and choose not to have children are a threat to all of Russia. 

“Feminists in the West are all against Putin, against Russia, and for the war.  Feminists in Ukraine have actually said that real feminism is for women to serve alongside men against the Russians.  Our feminists are simply agents of the West.  They are engaged in the destruction of traditional values, their activities are contrary to the president’s decree on the support of traditional values.  They are for divorce, childlessness, and abortion. They are acting against the demographic policy of the Russian Federation,” Matveychev said.

Matveychev’s draft legislation comes after Russian media claimed Daria Trepova, the woman accused of killing Maxim Fomin, a well-known Russian military blogger with a bomb disguised as a statue, was a supporter of radical feminism.