I can't see it: Tver residents complained about the boorish cover of a Russian notebook

The Federation Council is discussing the need to establish requirements for notebook covers. This is reported by the TV channel of the upper house of the Russian parliament "Together of the Russian Federation".

Senator Lyudmila Skakovskaya at a meeting of the Federation Council Committee on Science, Education and Culture reported that she had received complaints from Tver residents about the Russian language notebook cover, which was sold in one of the local shops, which was rude to the symbols of Russia.

It depicts a man in a hat with earflaps with his tongue sticking out, painted in the colors of the Russian flag.

"As a philologist, I can't see such a notebook. Violation of the law on the state flag of the Russian Federation, and all ethical norms and rules to which the citizens of our country are accustomed. The great classics have always noted and our teachers have always said that the child is brought up first visually. What can a student who comes to school and sees such a notebook think," Skakovskaya was indignant.

Specifically, this dubious copy was withdrawn from sale, but the senator is sure that the requirements for images need to be fixed at the legislative level.

Currently, only technical requirements for printed products for schoolchildren are regulated: paper density, sharpness of alignment, and legislation does not provide for any ethical requirements for images.

"While parliamentarians are preparing a bill, the relevant committee of the Federation Council will send letters to publishers asking them not to print products with a dubious image," the report says.