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Russian Lawmaker resignes After Holocaust Survivors comments

Posted by EU Times on Nov 5th, 2012 // 1 Comment

A deputy from the Smolensk city council, Andrei Yershov, has resigned from his post amid controversy over his comments on benefits for Holocaust survivors.

During a mid-October city council debate on granting privileges such as free passage on buses and trains to people who as children were incarcerated in Nazi concentration camps, Yershov wanted to know “why is it that we owe anything” to the prisoners, “Why? For the simple reason that they were not finished off.” he asked early in the session.

The comments were caught on audio recording and posted on the Internet, on Komsomolskaya Pravda daily, sparking an outcry for Yershov to resign.

Yershov is a member of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party.

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One Response to " Russian Lawmaker resignes After Holocaust Survivors comments "

Kalevale says:

30/04/2014 at 12:00

Was free tickets only for jews or for all Russians ?

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