State Duma deputy Igor Lebedev sharply criticized CSKA goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev, calling for take part in the vote on amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation.
– I generally have a negative attitude towards those who are trying to campaign for amendments to the Constitution. I don’t understand the artists and athletes who advertise for money. In my opinion, an athlete who is not known to anyone and wants to earn money is unlikely to be invited to shoot in commercials, and an athlete who earns hundreds of millions goes to appear in commercials … When it comes to political advertising, it’s even more surprising. if not annoyance.
I very much doubt that Igor Akinfeev or Stanislav Cherchesov attached such great importance to this vote so that they would go on TV commercials for money. It is clear why politicians turn to such people from sports so that the fans see their favorites and go to support them. They should understand that they do not support Akinfeev and Cherchesov. Akinfeev tomorrow will forget what he advertised, he will soon be out again for the most important match of the Russian football championship.
People go and vote with such videos because they see their favorite athletes and artists, so I would prohibit the use of such images in political advertising. If Akinfeev was a member of United Russia, then please let him hang on posters, but when you have nothing to do with the party or the situation, I think that using famous people in such advertisements is wrong. In the future, you need to think about prohibiting artists and athletes from advertising such things for money. Let them advertise chips, Coca-Cola, that’s their business, they earn it.
But where are you going here? Why does Akinfeev need this? Yesterday there was a wonderful match with Spartak, the derby, he saved CSKA several times, his friends and strangers applauded him, but what does the constitutional amendment have to do with it? He would have gotten up after the bounce off and would have told everyone to go to vote, it would be doggy nonsense.
Akinfeev well done, former captain of our team, he gave a lot to our country, and we still hope that he will return to the team for Euro, but Igor, please do not engage in political advertising, except for laughter, it doesn’t cause anything else. Everyone must do their job.
– Is it possible to say that Akinfeev tarnished his reputation with this advertisement?
– I believe that any athlete and actor who takes part in political advertising plays a minus for himself. Stanislav Cherchesov too lit up in advertising Constitution and in VTB advertising. I have great respect for Stanislav Salamovich, he is a wonderful person, a great football player in the past, a talented coach, but I personally told him that I do not like the same advertising with VTB, it causes me negative, I told him openly with our personal meeting.
Look, 25% have already announced that people voted against the amendments, I am sure that this figure is more than they are announced. If voting in our country were honest, the percentage of those who voted against would be higher.
So think about it, Akinfeeva loves half the country, and now a quarter of them will change their point of view. I think this is wrong. Advertise something neutral, and better not advertise anything.
Does Igor Akinfeev really need this million that was paid to him or not paid. I doubt that he earns a little. And who could ask him to do it, that he couldn’t refuse, I can’t imagine either, ”Lebedev said.
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