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Putin signs ‘gay propaganda’ ban and law criminalizing insult of religious feelings

President Vladimir Putin has signed two controversial laws strengthening the penalties for “propagating homosexuality among minors” and for insulting people’s religious feelings in public. Vladimir Putin has signed the so-called ‘gay propaganda’ bill after the upper house, the Federation Council, approved it on June 26 and the lower house, the State Duma, on June 11. It introduces fines for propaganda of non-traditional sex relations to minors, including in the media, on the internet and via viral adverts. Under the amended law holding LGBT rallies is now prohibited as well as distribution of information aimed at forming non-traditional sexual concepts in… View Article