1/ Russia is under threat from pro-Ukranian foreign food, warns a Russian commentator. Pro-Kremlin activist Vitaly Borodin calls for a 'special pie operation' on Russia's national pie day tomorrow, to wean Russians off pizza and back onto traditional Russian dishes. ⬇️
2/ Vitaly Borodin, head of the NGO 'Federal Project on Security and the Fight against Corruption,' has turned his attention from trying to have Santa Claus labelled a foreign agent to the creeping threat from "Italian flatbread with ketchup". He writes: 3/ "Friends, tomorrow the entire country will celebrate Unity Day. I fully support the grassroots initiative "Pie on the Fourth": people in 84 regions are baking pies, gathering families around the table, and treating veterans and our soldiers. This is true unity. 4/ "But let's be honest and look at what our children eat for the other 364 days of the year. Pizza! An entire generation has grown up on foreign fast food and no longer knows what a "kulebyaka," "kurnik," "rastegai," or "echpochmak" is. 5/ "Just think about it! For a thousand years, our grandmothers baked pies, and now we are being sold an Italian flatbread with ketchup. I remind you that Italy is on the list of unfriendly countries and is supplying weapons to the Kyiv regime. 6/ "This is not just "food," but a form of soft power in a cardboard box. First, pizza, then Halloween, and soon our children will not be able to name a single Russian dish. 7/ "My position is firm and uncompromising: pizza must be banned! We need to start with school and university cafeterias. Enough of feeding our children foreign food! 8/ "We call not only to remove this fast food from educational institutions, but also to legally prohibit the use of foreign names (such as "Pizzeria," "Pepperoni," "Papa John's") on signs and in advertising without a Russian translation, as this grossly violates the law on… 9/ …the state language and imposes alien, destructive values on our youth. It's time to bring order to the catering industry and restore respect for our culture. Tomorrow, we will bake pies throughout the country. Different pies – one country!" 10/ Other commentators appear to regard Borodin as a bit of a weirdo. Oleg Tsarev notes his previous activism, which includes calling for Santa Claus to be designated a “foreign agent,” arguing Santa threatens Ded Moroz (Father Frost) and traditional Russian values. 11/ "The proposal is so absurd that it is difficult to take it seriously. It seems that this is just another opportunity to gain publicity and generate hype. Previously, he has already proposed banning dating websites, the pop group "Vorovayki," and photos in swimsuits." 12/ "It's Time ZOV To Go Home" appeals to him to see sense: "Borodin, ban the idiots in power, ban the migrants and those who are waiting for things to happen, but leave the pizza alone." 13/ 'Thirteenth' wonders where all the anti-pizza hate is coming from: "Guys, okay, let's say your wife made pizza at home... so what should she get? A fine? Jail? Is that all there is to it? Or did someone get poisoned at a restaurant?" 14/ 'Russian MIG' suggests that the great pizza question should be addressed in Vladimir Putin's annual phone-in with the Russian people: "There's a certain official event organized by the Kremlin. It has a perfectly official name: "Conference Call." 15/ "We propose discussing during this conference call the ban on the hostile, foreign, and unfriendly word "pizza," which is so full of linguistic betrayal!" The author points out that Borodin isn't the only conservative Russian activist with strange ideas: 16/ "Earlier, a certain Elina Zhgutova, head of a public center for the protection of traditional values, stated that "tight jeans are a path to LGBTQ+," and listening to jazz leads to thoughts of betraying the motherland." /end Sources: 🔹 t.me 🔹 t.me 🔹 t.me 🔹 t.me 🔹 t.me 🔹 t.me