The Ministry of Justice recognized the Soviet film Secret and Explicit as extremist. Aims and deeds of the Zionists “
The Russian Ministry of Justice declared the 1973 Soviet film“ Secret and obvious. Aims and deeds of the Zionists ”. This is reported on the agency's website.
The Ministry has included an anti-Zionist film, filmed in 1973 at the Central Documentary Film Studio in Moscow, in the list of extremist materials. The film is considered pseudo-documentary and was not shown in wide distribution.
The decision to ban the film was made by the Syktyvkar City Court following a linguistic study. The study showed that the film contains “a negative assessment of a group of persons identified by a combination of characteristics: national and ideological -” Zionists “, as well as Jews as a national group in general.” in relation to “Arabs, Czechs, Slovaks”, as well as Palestinians. In addition, they are responsible for “financial assistance to Nazi Germany in preparation for World War II.” to call to account the organizers of the festival of documentary films “Artdokfest” for extremism. According to the parliamentarian, the picture “encourages the commission of crimes based on political, ideological, racial, national and religious hatred and enmity.”