Khamzaev asked the Ministry of Justice to investigate Pugacheva for extremism.

State Duma Deputy Biysultan Khamzayev has appealed to the head of the Ministry of Justice to investigate Alla Pugacheva's statements for extremism. The request was prompted by the singer's comments about Chechen separatist leader Dzhokhar Dudayev in her first interview since leaving Russia. As reported by "Caucasian Knot," in an interview with Ekaterina Gordeeva*, Alla Pugacheva called General Dzhokhar Dudayev an intelligent and decent man and apologized to his widow for not being able to do anything to keep him alive. "I knew Dzhokhar Dudayev. He was such a decent, honorable, intelligent man. A beautiful man," Pugacheva said, in particular.

In his statement, Khamzaev noted that he had received a large number of requests from citizens asking him to investigate Pugacheva's activities in connection with her statements made in interviews.

"People started discussing Pugacheva after her four-hour interview. It's clear that her career and popularity are declining, and she needs to reassert herself in this regard. And her statement reminds me of "I want to return on my own terms." I believe that in today's reality, what's happening around the country, this element of the Russophobic vector... is more reminiscent of disrespect and an inappropriate attitude toward both the country and the ongoing processes. Because all this principled commitment by both Pugacheva and her husband, Galkin*, ended where the conflict in the Gaza Strip began," said State Duma deputy and member of the Health Protection Committee, Biysultan Khamzaev, on his Telegram channel.

"On the one hand, she forbids Russia from doing what she considers possible for others: defending its sovereignty. Her attempt to please the Europeans and Americans in order to preserve her assets in Europe, Israel, and elsewhere has left her 'back at the bottom' and trying to sanitize her so-called 'good name.' Which suggests that the criticism leveled at her husband and other members of the elite remains entirely correct and fair," Khamzaev added.

Earlier, the "Caucasian Knot" reported that lawyer Alexander Treshchev was asking for an investigation into Alla Pugacheva's interview with journalist Ekaterina Gordeeva* to determine whether it justifies terrorism.

As a reminder, Alla Pugacheva's words about Dzhokhar Dudayev were immediately met with a reaction two of the leaders of Chechnya - first the Minister of National Policy, External Relations and Information Akhmed Dudayev, and then personally the head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov. Ramzan Kadyrov advised her "not to provoke an entire nation."

* are included in the register of foreign agents.

** Meta (owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) is banned in Russia.