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Putin unveils 'straight flag' to counter LGBTQI rainbow flag
The United Russia party reportedly designed the "straight flag" after the US Supreme court legalised same-sex marriage last month.
The flag, which depicts the outline of a man, woman and three children holding hands, is accompanied by the hashtag "A Real Family".
"This is our response to queer marriage, to this mockery of the concept of the family. We contain to warn against gay-fever at home and sustain traditional values in our country,” Andrei Lisovenko, deputy chief of the United Russia branch in Moscow, told newspaper Izvestia.
While homosexuality is not illegal in Russia, laws prevent the promotion of "nontraditional" sexual relations to minors.
However after reports of the heterosexual flag came to light, Twitter users posted a photograph of a similar flag bearing the symbol of an anti-gay marriage movement in France, casting question on the flag's originality.
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- Putin mocks US embassy rainbow flag
Friday, July 03, 2020 22:17 WIB
Moscow, July 3, 2020 (AFP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday mocked a rainbow LGBT pride flag hung from the US embassy in Moscow, suggesting it reflected on the orientation of the diplomats.
During a televised video conference, a lawmaker told Putin that the US embassy had hung a rainbow flag on its facade for the first time to mark Pride month in June.
"Who works in this building?" Putin asked the speaker, Senator Alexei Pushkov, to be told "Americans."
"Let them celebrate. They've shown a certain something about the people who work there," he added with a smile.
Putin on Friday signed amendments to the constitution backed by a national vote that include a clause on marriage existence between a guy and a gal, aimed at preventing legalisation of queer unions.
The president said Friday however that Russia does not discriminate against people on the basis of sexual orientation.
He said a commandment banning promotion of homosexual relationships to minors, which he signed in 2013 to a storm of international condemnation aimed simply
Vladimir Putin signs law expanding Russia's rules against 'LGBT propaganda'
Vladimir Putin has signed a law expanding restrictions on the promotion of what it calls "LGBT propaganda", effectively outlawing any public statement of LGBT behaviour or lifestyle in Russia.
Under the new law, Russia has widened its interpretation of what qualifies as "LGBT propaganda".
This means that any action or the spreading of any information that is considered an attempt to promote homosexuality in public, online, or in films, books or advertising, could incur a thick fine.
The law expands Russia's previous law against LGBT propaganda that had banned the "demonstration" of LGBT behaviour to children.
It comes as the Kremlin exerts increased pressure on minority groups and opponents of the Russian president at home, quashing independent media groups and further stifling free speech as Moscow ramps up a decade-long campaign to promote what it says are "traditional" values.
Authorities have already used the existing law to stop queer pride marches and detain male lover rights activists.
Rights groups say the new law is intended to drive so
- Putin mocks US embassy rainbow flag
Friday, July 03, 2020 22:17 WIB
Moscow, July 3, 2020 (AFP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday mocked a rainbow LGBT pride flag hung from the US embassy in Moscow, suggesting it reflected on the orientation of the diplomats.
During a televised video conference, a lawmaker told Putin that the US embassy had hung a rainbow flag on its facade for the first time to mark Pride month in June.
"Who works in this building?" Putin asked the speaker, Senator Alexei Pushkov, to be told "Americans."
"Let them celebrate. They've shown a certain something about the people who work there," he added with a smile.
Putin on Friday signed amendments to the constitution backed by a national vote that include a clause on marriage existence between a guy and a gal, aimed at preventing legalisation of queer unions.
The president said Friday however that Russia does not discriminate against people on the basis of sexual orientation.
He said a commandment banning promotion of homosexual relationships to minors, which he signed in 2013 to a storm of international condemnation aimed simply
Vladimir Putin signs law expanding Russia's rules against 'LGBT propaganda'
Vladimir Putin has signed a law expanding restrictions on the promotion of what it calls "LGBT propaganda", effectively outlawing any public statement of LGBT behaviour or lifestyle in Russia.
Under the new law, Russia has widened its interpretation of what qualifies as "LGBT propaganda".
This means that any action or the spreading of any information that is considered an attempt to promote homosexuality in public, online, or in films, books or advertising, could incur a thick fine.
The law expands Russia's previous law against LGBT propaganda that had banned the "demonstration" of LGBT behaviour to children.
It comes as the Kremlin exerts increased pressure on minority groups and opponents of the Russian president at home, quashing independent media groups and further stifling free speech as Moscow ramps up a decade-long campaign to promote what it says are "traditional" values.
Authorities have already used the existing law to stop queer pride marches and detain male lover rights activists.
Rights groups say the new law is intended to drive so