Editorial
Vladimir Putin has compared Russia to JK Rowling in a bizarre speech.
The Russian President reportedly held a televised meeting with numerous public figures, in which he discussed the West and its attempt to ‘cancel’ his country following a ‘campaign’ against its various composers.
He apparently said: “Today they are trying to cancel a whole thousand-year culture – our people.
Watch Sean Hannity discuss Vladimir Putin’s ‘legacy’ in the clip below…
“They are banning Russian writers and books.”
He went on to refer to the ‘Harry Potter’ creator and how she ‘didn’t satisfy the demands of gender rights’.
Putin added: “They are now trying to cancel our country. I’m talking about the progressive discrimination of everything to do with Russia.”
The 69-year-old then compared the current situation to Nazis burning books in the 1930s, saying: “We remember the footage when they were burning books.
“It is impossible to imagine such a thing in our country and we are insured against this thanks to our culture.
“And it’s inseparable for us from our motherland, from Russia, where there is no place for ethnic intolerance, where for centuries representatives from dozens of ethnic groups have been living together.”
Putin’s words come after Rowling faced a backlash over her International Women’s Day comments.
Earlier this month, the author took to Twitter and criticised Shadow Equalities Minister and Labour MP Anneliese Dodds due to her ‘definition of a woman’.
The politician said: “Well, I have to say that there are different definitions legally around what a woman actually is.
“I mean, you look at the definition within the Equality Act, and I think it just says someone who is adult and female, I think, but then doesn’t see how you define either of those things.
“I mean, obviously, that’s then you’ve got the biological definition, legal definition.”
In response, Rowling commented: “Apparently, under a Labour government, today will become ‘We Who Must Not Be Named Day’.”
Watch our Video of the Day below…
Do you have a story for us? If so, email us at [email protected]. All contact will be treated in confidence.
