Editor of French satirical magazine hits back at Vladimir Putin,saying his claim that the cartoons are sacrilegious is absurdRussia has condemned the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo for publishing two cartoons approximately the plane crash in the Sinai desert in which 224 people were killed. One shows debris and body parts falling on Islamic State fighters, with the caption: “IS: Russian aviation is intensifying bombardments” , and a reference to its airstrikes in Syria. Another shows a skull with a pair of sunglasses hanging off it and the debris of the crashed plane in the background. It is titled “The dangers of Russian low-cost airlines”. A spokesman for the Russian president,Vladimir Putin, said the cartoons were unacceptable. “This has nothing to carry out with democracy or self-expression. It is sacrilege, and ” he said. Moscow does not,however, design to do an official complaint. Related: Je Suis Charlie film-makers: 'We have to put focus back on the dead' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com