According to the promoters, the Social Council would be composed of about twenty figures from the world of culture, science, art and politics (except civil servants or people working in TV). The goal would be to speak, for instance once a week, on the Russian TV channels to express its point of view on the programme schedules. Mgr. Paolo Pezzi, Catholic archbishop of the Mother of God in Moscow, stated that "one has to cope somehow" with the violence and lack of ethical principles of TV, "without shirking one's responsibilities". The president of the Russian Press Club, Aleksandr Scipkov, said to those present that the initiative has also been supported by the Lutherans, the Patriarch Alexius II, the Great Mufti of Russia Ravil Gaynutdin and the head rabbi of Russia, Berel Lazar. In addition, Scipkov announced that "the Council of the Federation has prepared a bill of law that will be discussed soon". The morally-negative influence of TV has also been denounced by most of the people interviewed for the survey conducted by the website Religare.ru, who said they are in favour of the bill of law for the Social Council.
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