THE MOSCOW TIMES
By Ivan Nechepurenko
RUSSIA---President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on Monday prohibiting swearing in public performances, including cinema, theater and other forms of art. The law will come into effect on July 1, and afterwards swearing in films, plays and concerts will incur penalties of up to 2,500 rubles ($70) for individuals and up to 50,000 rubles for companies and organizations. A similar measure was passed in April 2013, banning swearing in media. The law has been met with both criticism and shock, as swearing has been a vital component of Russian art, with some of the nation's best poets and playwrights using curse words prolifically, from classical Alexander Pushkin to contemporary post-modernist Vladimir Sorokin. [link]
Tuesday 6 May 2014
Artists Protest But Putin Censors the F-Word From Movies and Plays in Russia
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