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RFE/RL: Russian Duma speaker – Female journalists should change job to avoid harassment

Published March 7, 2018 at 2:28 pm

Newly elected lawmakers, former first deputy head of presidential administration Vyacheslav Volodin (L) and former wrestler Alexander Karelin attend the opening session of the State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, in Moscow on October 5, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Natalia KOLESNIKOVA

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The speaker of the Russian State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, has told female journalists who report from the legislature to change their jobs if they face sexual harassment from lawmakers.

Volodin made the remarks to a group of female journalists on March 7, the eve of International Women’s Day, which is a Russian state holiday.