The Federation Council is discussing the need to establish requirements for laptop covers, the Russian parliament’s upper house TV channel “Together the Russian Federation” reported.
Senator Lyudmila Skakovskaya At a meeting of the Federation Council Committee on Science, Education and Culture, he said he had received complaints from Tver residents about the cover of a Russian-language notebook sold in one of the local shops, which had a rude tone in relation to Russian symbols.
It depicts a man wearing a hat with earflaps and his tongue sticking out, painted in the colours of the Russian flag.
“As a philologist, I cannot stand such a notebook. It violates both the law on the state flag of the Russian Federation and all the ethical norms and rules that the citizens of our country are accustomed to. The great classics have always pointed out this and our teachers have always said that a child is first educated visually. What would a student think when he comes to school and sees such a notebook? — Skakovskaya was indignant.
The dubious copy has been withdrawn from sale, but the senator is confident that the requirements for images should be set at the legislative level.
Currently, only technical requirements for printed materials for schoolchildren are regulated: paper density, clear lines, and the legislation does not provide for any ethical requirements for images.
“While MPs are preparing a draft law, the relevant committee of the Federation Council will send letters to publishers asking them not to print products with questionable images.” – says the message.
