Russian official urges love after backlash
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Russian women and visiting World Cup soccer fans: be fruitful and multiply.
After a lawmaker caused a backlash on social media by advising Russian women against getting involved with foreign soccer fans, one of her colleagues is urging love and procreation during the tournament.
鈥淭he more love stories we have connected to the world championship, the more people from different countries fall in love, the more children are born, the better,鈥 state news agency Tass quoted parliament member Mikhail Degtyaryov as telling reporters yesterday.
Degtyaryov appeared to be doing damage control after lawmaker Tamara Pletnyova warned Russian women on Wednesday to think twice before entering into casual relationships with foreign tourists because they may end up rearing their children alone. Pletnyova, who heads a parliamentary committee on children and families, also suggested that Russian women should marry local men and said that children born from mixed-race marriages are unhappy.
The comments prompted criticism on social media, with some saying that Pletnyova鈥檚 views were racist and archaic.
Degtyaryov, who heads a parliamentary committee overseeing sports, promoted a totally opposite view yesterday.
鈥淢any years from now these children will remember that their parents鈥 love story began during the World Cup in Russia in 2018,鈥 Degtyaryov said, according to Tass. 鈥淚 hope to God that there would be more love stories, more children, more mixed unions.鈥
The Kremlin weighed in, reluctantly, on the controversy.
Asked about Pletnyova鈥檚 comments, President Vladimir Putin鈥檚 spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters yesterday that the Kremlin has nothing to do with the matter.
鈥淎s for our Russian women, they will make their own judgment,鈥 Peskov said. 鈥淭hey are the best women in the world.鈥
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