(Newswire.net — November 6, 2015) — Social networks exploded in anger after the French satirical magazine targeted Russian tourists killed in a recent airplane crash after its departure from Egypt.
The cartoon, published in the magazine, showed falling airplane debris and passengers hurtling towards the ground and an Islamic character is running for cover saying “Daesh: Russia’s aviation intensifies its bombardments.”
The magazine that itself was a victim of a terrorist attack last year during which many Hebdo employees were killed, should know better than mock the victims, said one Facebook user.
“Why they (Charlie Hebdo) didn’t publish caricatures of their colleagues killed in the terrorists attack,” reads one of many Twitter comments. “That would have been really funny for them,” the Twitter user added sarcastically
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called the cartoon Charlie Hebdo published a “blasphemy”, and invited people to ignore the magazine.
“In our country, this would be called ‘blasphemy.’ It has nothing to do with democracy or with self-expression. It is just blasphemy,” Peskov said.
“My colleagues and I tried to find caricatures of the Charlie Hebdo journalists in the magazine, who were shot by terrorists. We were unable to find them. But if they were published, then it would also be blasphemy, well at least in our country,” he added.
Others say that Charlie Hebdo is again fishing for attention on order to boost the selling of their magazine. Provoking scandal has been proven marketing technique so far, even if it cost lives of Hebdo’s employers.
“I believe it is blasphemy and ridicules the memory of those who lost their lives as a result of this catastrophe. This should not be used by any media organizations in any form whatsoever or in any particular genre in which they may specialize,” said Igor Morozov, a member of the Federation Council, adding that the Hebdo journalists are provoking acts of violence.
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