'CYNICAL'"To hold such events at a time when our guys are dying in the (Ukrainian) special military operation and many children are losing their fathers is cynical," said Yekaterina Mizulina, director of Russia's League for a Safe Internet, a body founded with the authorities' support. "Our soldiers on the front line are definitely not fighting for this." Many of the party's famous participants have recorded apologies, including journalist Ksenia Sobchak whose late father Anatoly used to be Putin's friend and boss. The scandal has angered those who support Russia's war in Ukraine. "That would be a better apology," the unidentified woman wrote.

Source: bd News24 December 28, 2023 12:57 UTC