The Saint Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPBILF) will be held in Saint Petersburg from June 24 to 26. For the fourteenth time already. The Forum was established in 2011 at the initiative of the Ministry of Justice and with the support of Dmitry Medvedev (a lawyer by training and then President of Russia). In the beginning, the forum was a completely representative meeting. Now that’s what’s going on there.
Deputy Minister of Justice Vadim Planin – about the (unexpected) threat to national security
Now we are faced with the phenomenon of cohabitation without registering marriage. At the same time, the number of dissolutions of already registered marriages remains large. Such trends, in our view, can be seen as a direct threat to our country’s national security and demographic health.
Minister of Justice Konstantin Chuychenko – about the (excessively) liberal approach to rights
Until now, we say that the mission of the Ministry of Justice consists of a trinity, namely: protecting the rights and legitimate interests of citizens, ensuring the rule of law, and thirdly, strengthening the state. At the same time, we had curricula – in fact, these curricula arose, among other things, from the early 1990s, when our Constitution was written and said that the rights and freedoms of citizens were priority. But it seems to me that this is not quite the correct approach, because one is impossible without the other.
Businessman Konstantin Malofeev – almost the same
We have to rethink the second chapter as well. [Конституции] In this regard… Yes, there are rights and freedoms for humans and citizens, but this is a completely liberal ideology. Article 13, “The Fundamentals of the Constitutional System of the State,” says that we do not have a state ideology, but rather we have that, because the second chapter is above all other chapters… And where are the responsibilities? Two articles on military taxes and fees.
He – oh Pendrite Decembrists
These Decembrists were sent via Siberia, just as Bandera’s followers were later sent via Ukraine. Perhaps, if there were fewer of them, fewer young ladies and schoolchildren from Siberia would later feed on these Decembrist ideas.
Presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky talks about bloggers in power
The most impotent and impotent government in our history is the interim government, which was unable to do anything at all, just talk. Bloggers have come to power, that’s what it’s called […]. The Bolsheviks, look at their first decisions, they are also codified in power.
Dean of the Russian State University for the Humanities Andrei Loginov – about the best topic for any discussion
Vladimir Vladimirovich, we discussed the matter with him. He says: “Collectivism must be changed to collegiality.” In principle, please, a topic for discussion.
Rev. Vasily Losev – about abortion
Today there is a systemic contradiction in internal laws regarding the Constitution. A woman’s right to have an abortion of her own free will is unconstitutional. We need to think about this in the context of interpreting the Constitution, in interpreting these standards.
Mufti Ravil Panchev – about a possible source of law in Russia
The Islamic legal tradition, built on the Qur’an and Sunnah, offers a rich toolkit for understanding values, the unity of peoples, and the priority of the spiritual over the material. […]. These principles are organically consistent with the traditional values of the peoples of Russia and can serve as an important guideline for the development of law enforcement practices in our country.
Minister of Education Sergei Kravtsov – about the new (target!) Textbook on the history of Donbass
All objective information is presented here, not the lies that were present in Ukrainian textbooks.
Deputy Minister of Justice Oleg Sviridenko – on instructions regarding separatism
I’m sure there are many in this room who have watched Bessogon’s programme, who have seen these instructions about extremism and separatism. All this is easy to obtain, because for the entire structure of this Internet, no single country has sovereignty in this part, not a single country, except for the Anglo-Saxons and the Americans.
He also talks about the (unobvious) risks of artificial intelligence
A wave of artificial intelligence is coming our way. Imagine that artificial intelligence will replace what “foreign agents” have done. All instructions regarding separatism can be easily obtained on the Internet, run by the Anglo-Saxons. This would be a very big blow to sovereignty.
Dmitry Medvedev – about the West (of course!)
An important step to protect the interests of the global majority is to demand from Western countries – such a possibility exists – reparations for the enormous damage caused by colonial and neo-colonial practices since the great geographical discoveries.
