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Minnikhanov criticized the series about youth groups "Word of the Boy"

12/2/2023, 12:59:09 PM

Highlights: Minnikhanov criticized the series about youth groups "Word of the Boy" He said that after the release of the series, teenagers in the Sarmanovsky district began to imitate his characters. They created Telegram channels, naming them in honor of well-known organized criminal groups in Kazan in the past. They also circulated videos of scuffles. On October 20, it was reported that a trailer for the eight-episode drama "The Word of the boy. Blood on the asphalt" had been released.

The head of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, criticized the series "The Word of the Boy. Blood on the Asphalt" about youth groups in Kazan.


According to him, such pictures do not correspond to the policy pursued by the authorities.

"Recently, films have begun to come out that romanticise the period in our country's history associated with the emergence of teenage gangs," Minnikhanov said.

He said that after the release of the series, teenagers in the Sarmanovsky district began to imitate his characters and created Telegram channels, naming them in honor of well-known organized criminal groups in Kazan in the past.

They also circulated videos of scuffles.

Minnikhanov noted that law enforcement agencies identified all the participants in the incident.

On October 20, it was reported that a trailer for the eight-episode drama "The Word of the Boy. Blood on the asphalt."