"Will read Ukrainian classics": People's Deputy on how to a convicted Russian in Ukraine to go to freedom

According to the People's Deputy Sergei Hryvko, the Russian -sentenced people would be in favor of reading books in Ukrainian. Preferences can be compared to work in colonies, human rights activists say. The Verkhovna Rada appeared in law # 9477, which allows to reduce the term of stay in prisons by reading literature. Only books in Ukrainian or printed are allowed, which was approved by the Ministry of Justice.

And immediately the question arises: will Russian war criminals convicted in Ukraine be able to use this norm? According to the director of the Kharkiv Human Rights Group Yevgeny Zakharov, prisoners of war, the convicted occupiers belong to another category, and they will not be forced to read Ukrainian literature. "If the Russians do not speak Ukrainian, to force them to read Ukrainian books is just ridiculous," he explained focus.

The initiator of the bill, the people's deputy from the "servant of the people" Sergey Gryvko believes that the convicted Russians for war crimes in Ukraine would have such an event in favor. "If the Russians are sentenced to prison terms and are in Ukrainian prisons, they will apply this norm. They will learn Ukrainian and read books in Ukrainian. Optional. Of course, we are the most democratic state as much as possible," he explained in a conversation with a conversation with Focus.

The Executive Director of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Oleksandr Pavlychenko noted that the "book" option can be used to correct for the first time convicts. Considering that the crime was committed because of their low level of culture. "This will stimulate the convicts to read the books that they offer them. Not Russian writer Viktor Suvorov, but the works of Taras Shevchenko.

The initiative is interesting for consideration, but what are the chances of becoming a law? Pavlichenko is convinced that reading Ukrainian literature will be an additional option for convicted Russians by analogy with work in colonies. "No one will force anyone [read books]. If a person wants to have preferences for parole (UDZ), he will have the right to this additional option. And if the convicted person does not fall under UDZ will not work.

This is an alternative to work - a person works and earns a positive characteristic, " - summarized the specialist. You can read more about literary novelties for prisoners from the Ukrainian authorities in the article "Prison or Book. In Ukraine, prisoners will be" treated "by Mark Twain and Napoleon Gill. " It should be noted that Ukrainian deputies took the Brazilian model as a basis. In Brazil, the term of prison was reduced by four days for each book. You can read a maximum of 12 books a year.