Russian
Lawmakers Want to Impose Criminal Penalties on Those Conducting
GMO Business
I
think we can see some positive momentum in the GMO fight.
This
weekend, May 24, is another March Against
Monsanto. People are gradually waking up to the fact that Monsanto and
Big Ag, Big Food, etc. really DO have something sinister to hide and they’re
willing to take them to task. Once again this year millions will march in
cities across the globe to raise awareness about the toxic food chain.
Fortunately
for Russians, the lawmakers are on their side. And you know what that means;
they won’t be importing any of America’s nasty, unlabeled, GMO-laced products
or grains.
~ BP
May 19th
2014
In an
act of lucidity and light that our own country should somewhat imitate, Russian
lawmakers are considering equating GMO-related activities to a
terrorist act or death threat, a criminal act that Russia says deserves the
punishment which killers and creators of mass ecological and human genocide
deserve.
A
Russian newspaper, Izvestia, writes that criminal
liability will be imposed on any act that involves producing,
selling, or transporting genetically modified organisms, if Russian lawmakers
get their way.
A bill
supporting this ideology was submitted to the Russian State Duma lower
parliament house by the Duma agrarian committee as well as the Liberal
Democratic Party (LDPR) (who claimed the parliament’s bill was too mild.) Those
initiating the bill suggest that criminal responsibility should be applicable
to companies and government officials, but not to farmers who were convinced
that GMOs were safe to grow. They believe individuals should only undergo
disciplinary action, and not criminal charges.
The bill
would also heavily fine companies for distorting or concealing information
about the environmental impacts of GMOs. If this bill were to pass in the US,
I’m sure Monsanto would go broke paying all the fines they would be subject to.
They’ve paid off scientists and entire institutions, as well as our own FDA and
EPA to conceal evidence about both health and environmental damage that GMOs
cause. Government officials would be subject to a fine fine of
1,000-2,000 roubles, and legal entities like corporations to a fine
of 10,000-20,000 roubels. Several of our Congress persons and
Senators would be swimming in fines as well.
Kirill
Cherkasov, the first deputy chairman of the State Duma agrarian committee,
pointed out that tight regulation is needed since many GMOs have been
insinuated into foreign market via the World Trade Organization. Cherkasov
suggested that a package of amendments to the national laws regulating
technical and economic aspects of GMO-related activities should be submitted by
its autumn session.
Sometimes
it seems our country has traded places with the cold war communists of days
past. We may not agree with everything that Vladimir Putin does in the name of
Russia, but at least he is willing to do what our President is not in the US
– protect
his people from genetically modified foods by keeping them out of the country.
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