Irina Yarovaya of United Russia, chair of the Russian State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption, saw extremism in opposition politician and blogger Alexei Navalny’s tweet about the shooting of a judge in Ukraine. “Mr. Navalny’s message looks not only like mockery of human life, but also conveys a positive attitude toward murder. In effect, by his action he is justifying the crime committed against a judge in Kremenchuk,” ITAR-TASS quoted Yarovaya as saying. She believes that, by addressing his tweet to Russian judges, Navalny is using it as a threat, a warning. The lawmaker considers his actions unacceptable because they contain signs of a threat of violence. “This post must be removed urgently; it contains elements of an extremist nature,” Yarovaya said.
“Navalny’s reckless and outrageous statements on various issues are becoming his trademark. From a legal point of view, this is a boorish act with an improper political subtext. Apparently, this is how he is trying somehow to remind people of himself. But in reality, because of this he increasingly resembles a thug from a back alley rather than a politician trying to present himself as an opposition figure and a fighter for people’s rights,” said Georgy Fyodorov, a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation. Earlier, the blogger posted on his Twitter page a link to a report by one of the media outlets about the murder of a judge who had been deciding whether to arrest participants in mass riots, and captioned it: “A postcard to the judges of the Russian Federation.” http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=1280489&1280489 As I have already written, I have known Deputy Irina Yarovaya for many years. Since the days when she had not yet acquired the nickname “Irusik-Elitny-Kvartirusik” (roughly, “Ira with the fancy little apartment” — as her United Russia colleagues call her behind the scenes because she owns a remarkable, very expensive apartment in the city center), and when she did not walk around the State Duma wearing Van Cleef earrings, but was an uncompromising activist in the YABLOKO party and even a deputy to G. A. Yavlinsky. That is why I consider it possible to address Deputy Yarovaya directly. With a Valentine:
Dear Irina, I will gladly delete my tweet as soon as you explain to me and to all other voters in the Russian Federation how exactly you, a United Russia deputy, were able to buy a 127-square-meter apartment on Tverskaya Street. This apartment costs $3 million. Your family does not even remotely have the income that could allow you to make purchases like that. And why did you register the apartment in the name of your 18-year-old daughter—surely not in order to hide the fact that you own this property from me and other citizens? As soon as it becomes clear that you acquired this apartment legally, and not with stolen corrupt money that you may be receiving in cash from United Russia, I will immediately write a new tweet calling on people under no circumstances to kill corrupt judges and corrupt deputies. Kisses.
http://youtu.be/JU234BNv33I Thank you.