From the bowels of the Internet:

According to The Moscow Times the Russian government is in the process of drafting a law to make emo and goth music illegal.

Last month a parliamentary committee was convened to discuss a draft proposal of the Russian government’s “Government Strategy In The Sphere Of Spiritual And Ethical Education” bill, the details of which were leaked to The Moscow Times. Among other measures, the proposed legislation calls for heavy regulation of emo web sites and for banning young people dressed like emos from entering schools and government buildings.

The bill also outlines what it calls a “spiritual and ethical crisis” facing Russian youth, including the high rate of alcohol abuse, teen abortions and “negative youth movements.”

Emo ideology encourages and justifies drug use and sexual relations among minors, according to the bill, which also lumps emos and goths together with skinheads.

“The point of the bill is so that by 2020, Moscow will have someone to rule its government,” said Alexander Grishunin, an adviser to Public Chamber member Yevgeny Yuryev, one of the bill’s three coordinators. “This is the first step in the public discourse.”

The bill’s sponsors hope that it will be passed into law by the end of the year.

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did he just call us 'emo?'

its funny that they blame "emos and goths" and not the fact that its Russia, who has such a sparkling history.

though i can't complain.

If true, it just another thing to add to the list that they are not even close to being a 'democracy' like they claim to be now.
USSR will rise up again.

the trouble with Russia is... its full of Russians.

Russia is blaming music for its alcoholism rate? The russian government used to pay its employees in vodka.

this is terrible...all the russian emos are going to come here for sovereignty

or to Israel

i think Yevgeny Yuryev and the other 2 guys need a lesson in Russian history

Blazebirth Hall v. The Russian Army

WHO YA GOT, SON?

what? Banned emo? Banned goth? talk about two subcultures that don't bother anyone. So what if they wanna go "abuse" alchohol. Or have sex for that matter, if they aren't hurting anyone else, what the fuck does the government care?

Russia and Mexico are both acting against Emos. Why can't we?

I hope the USSR reforms again that way the USA has a real enemy again.

The threat of nuclear conflict clarifies the idle mind.

You never know what national governments might try to consider "emo" or "goth" and something tells me the government of Russia isn't "hip" enough to prevent the banning of a lot of decent folk and their tunes.

What happens in Russia, stays in Russia. At least they'll stop exporting melamine-laced emos to the USA.

so how does this affect my ability to order a wife?

maybe emos and goths will get their own country for reparations.

maybe that's what the plan for iceland is

Let's ban guidos.

Or maybe enslave them and use them to clear minefields with sledgehammers.