Russian lawmaker wants to turn propaganda and foreign agent row into food fight


nsnbc : No more than 72 hours had passed since Russian legislators pushed through legislation that could see international media outlets be designated as foreign agents, when a Russian lawmaker suggested that Russia also should set its sights on American fast food chains, thus turning the row over State and corporate, state-influenced propaganda into a food fight.

Image, McDonalds

Image, McDonalds

Russian lawmakers responded to the United States designating State broadcaster Russia Today as a foreign agent. Legislators in Moscow retaliated by adopting legislation that could see major foreign broadcasters such as CNN, Voice of America, and many others designated as foreign agents.

Russia’s parliament overwhelmingly passed amendments this month that allow the government to label news outlets funded from abroad “foreign agents.” The bill, which President Vladimir Putin is expected to sign into law, was adopted by an overwhelming majority.

However, State Duma (lower house of parliament) Deputy Boris Chernyshov, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) apparently wants to spice the propaganda war by adding a food fight.

Chernyshov suggested that food chains like McDonalds, KFC, and other American fast food restaurant chains operating in Russia should also be designated as foreign agents. Cheryshov didn’t specify whether the receipts and food wrappers should have printed a “served to you by a foreign agent” label.

However, Chernyshov told the RBC business portal on Friday that he had sent a letter to Russia’s food and media watchdog proposing that ads for the fast food chains be marked as belonging to a foreign agent.

The next step, he suggested, would be to include fast food chains in the foreign agent registry. “Research has shown that food sold by American fast-food restaurants is damaging to people’s health,” Chernyshov said. “But ads show only the positive side of consuming these products.” Chernyshov was cited by Russian media on Friday criticizing the chains for contributing to the decline of Russian cuisine.

Some critics of Chernyshov’s proposal say McDonalds food is so crappy that they probably would see a foreign agent label imposed on them as free – James Bond-style advertising.

CH/L – nsnbc 26.11.2017



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