Public backlash targets French magazine after it published cartoons about Metrojet Airbus crash,described as ‘sacrilege’ by Kremlin A hashtag meaning “I am not Charlie” has become the most popular on Russian social media after the magazine Charlie Hebdo published caricatures about the Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt.
The backlash began in response to two cartoons published by the French magazine on Wednesday. One showed plane wreckage and body parts falling on an Islamic State fighter with the caption,”IS: Russian aviation is intensifying bombardments”, or referring to Moscow’s airstrikes in support of Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria. The moment featured a cranium with a pair of sunglasses in front of plane debris and the title,“The dangers of Russian low-cost airlines”.
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Source: theguardian.com