# No swearing in Russia? F that. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 7, 2014, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swearing-in-russia-f-that/687877 "2014-05-07T06:05:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swearing-in-russia-f-that/687877/1 "2014-05-07T06:05:28Z")
So, something I heard on NPR, and found on CNN, [Russia bans cussing in films, books, music](http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/06/world/europe/russia-swearing-law/) > [@CNN](#): > > Any new film containing obscene language won’t be granted a distribution certificate, so there’s no chance of seeing it at the movie theater. > > And copies of books, CDs or films containing swearing can only be distributed in a sealed package labeled “Contains obscene language,” a Kremlin statement said. > > According to state news agency ITAR-Tass, individuals caught using foul language face a fine of up to $70, while officials can be fined up to $40 and businesses nearly $1,400. They face a higher fine and a three-month suspension of business for repeated offenses. > > Determination of what counts as profane language will be done through “an independent examination,” the news agency said. This will go into effect July 1. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swearing-in-russia-f-that/687877/2 "2014-05-07T06:07:03Z")
Yeah, F that, right in the A. You tell’em ---
**Author:** ![ricksummon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ricksummon/32/3333_2.png) [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swearing-in-russia-f-that/687877/3 "2014-05-07T06:08:38Z")
Well, then, how can the state media carry any stories about Vladimir _Putain?_🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swearing-in-russia-f-that/687877/4 "2014-05-07T06:12:40Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Yeah, F that, right in the A. > > You tell’em 😃 In all seriousness, I wasn’t sure if swearing is allowed in thread titles. But I’m sure it’s fucking fine in the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swearing-in-russia-f-that/687877/5 "2014-05-07T06:13:43Z")
> [@ricksummon](#): > > Well, then, how can the state media carry any stories about Vladimir _Putain?_🙂 So that’s what Ted was singing about. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swearing-in-russia-f-that/687877/6 "2014-05-07T06:34:07Z")
Yob tvoyu mat. (Russians are some of the filthiest-tongued people I have ever known - trying to outlaw swearing in Russia would be like trying to outlaw cold.) ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swearing-in-russia-f-that/687877/7 "2014-05-07T08:46:22Z")
In Cryptosoviet Russia, moving into 20th century take long way around. ---
**Author:** ![vontsira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swearing-in-russia-f-that/687877/8 "2014-05-07T08:55:49Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Yob tvoyu mat. > > (Russians are some of the filthiest-tongued people I have ever known - trying to outlaw swearing in Russia would be like trying to outlaw cold.) I recall reading in something by Solzhenitsyn, his musings on this issue, to the general effect of “in a country where every other person has undergone an intensive army or forced-labour-camp course in bad language, what do you expect?” I consider that old Aleksandr was – understandably – sometimes a bit biased: he tended to feel that absolutely everything negative about Russia was a direct consequence of Communism, and that all there pre-1917 had been sweetness and light. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swearing-in-russia-f-that/687877/9 "2014-05-07T13:16:08Z")
I imagine it’s just a convenient excuse to censor Western media, ideas and cultural influence on the citizens of Russia. Perhaps just one step in a long line of bringing the people back under control of the state. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swearing-in-russia-f-that/687877/10 "2014-05-07T13:35:29Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Yob tvoyu mat. > > (Russians are some of the filthiest-tongued people I have ever known - trying to outlaw swearing in Russia would be like trying to outlaw cold.) While the cutter I was on was performing a fisheries inspection on a Soviet fishing trawler/factory ship, I told some crewmembers that that phrase was Russian for “Have a nice day.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swearing-in-russia-f-that/687877/11 "2014-05-07T14:13:39Z")
So does this mean that we’ll add the f-word to the pledge of allegiance and start printing it on money like we did with “God” back in the 50’s. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swearing-in-russia-f-that/687877/12 "2014-05-07T16:41:39Z")
Will they also be banned from dashcam traffic videos on YouTube? That’s where I learn all my Russian swear words. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swearing-in-russia-f-that/687877/13 "2014-05-07T16:46:45Z")
[Yakov Smirnov] In Russia, country swear at YOU![/Yakov Smirnov] ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swearing-in-russia-f-that/687877/14 "2014-05-07T18:23:26Z")
I find it interesting that “officials” get a 43% discount on the initial fine. Is that because those who work for the system have more reason to curse? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swearing-in-russia-f-that/687877/15 "2014-05-07T19:10:12Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > I find it interesting that “officials” get a 43% discount on the initial fine. Is that because those who work for the system have more reason to curse? I seriously doubt most government officials will get fined at all. I’m positive the military will be exempt. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swearing-in-russia-f-that/687877/16 "2014-05-07T19:26:38Z")
I wonder what this does to Pussy Riot. Unless foreign swears are excluded, their very name will be outlawed. Of course to punk artists, that’s probably the highest praise they can get. Assuming they can avoid fines and jail. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swearing-in-russia-f-that/687877/17 "2014-05-07T19:59:48Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > I wonder what this does to Pussy Riot. Unless foreign swears are excluded, their very name will be outlawed. Of course to punk artists, that’s probably the highest praise they can get. Assuming they can avoid fines and jail. I thought their name referred to a riot by cute little kittens … 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swearing-in-russia-f-that/687877/18 "2014-05-07T20:25:08Z")
> [@skdo23](#): > > So does this mean that we’ll add the f-word to the pledge of allegiance and start printing it on money like we did with “God” back in the 50’s. I would totally support replacing “In God We Trust” with “America! Fuck Yeah!” on the money. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swearing-in-russia-f-that/687877/19 "2014-05-07T21:35:56Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > I would totally support replacing “In God We Trust” with “America! Fuck Yeah!” on the money. I love the thought of that. You gave me a good laugh. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swearing-in-russia-f-that/687877/20 "2014-05-07T22:03:49Z")
I think the OP means “Ф that.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-swearing-in-russia-f-that/687877.md?page=2)