Russia’s #MeToo Moment Turns Spotlight on Lawmakers
Russian media organizations say they’ll either boycott the lower house of parliament or refuse coverage of deputy Leonid Slutsky and members of the committee that cleared him.
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Russia may be having its MeToo moment amid a backlash over the decision of a parliamentary ethics committee to dismiss sexual harassment allegations against a senior legislator.
Russian media organizations, including Kommersant, Vedomosti and RBC dailies, Echo Moskvy radio, TV Rain, RTVI and Znak.com, said they’d either boycott the lower house of parliament or refuse coverage of the deputy, Leonid Slutsky, and members of the State Duma committee that cleared him of any breach of ethics.