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Russian lawmakers want to ban Shrek for having ‘destructive impact’ on children

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Watch out Shrek, Russia isn’t happy (Picture: Everett/REX/Shutterstock)In a roundtable discussion on Monday, several films, toys and games were accused of being vehicles through which Western countries are ‘indoctrinating’ Russian children. A slideshow was presented by State Duma deputy Yana Lantratova, which showed ‘good’ Soviet-era children’s films and toys in contrast to characters originating from Western countries, with Shrek, the Grinch and Monsters Inc. mentioned. This comes after Russia passed a bill banning content – which it labelled ‘propaganda’ – promoting child-free ideologies, as Vladimir Putin attempts to encourage women to have children to counteract the country’s dwindling birthrate.

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