DAILY BEAST / AP: ….”I assure you that I work with these people, I sometimes award them with state prizes or decorations for their achievements in various fields,” [President Vladimir] Putin said in an interview with The Associated Press and Russia’s state Channel 1 television late Tuesday. “We have absolutely normal relations, and I don’t see anything out of the ordinary here.”
He added that Russians love Tchaikovsky even though the composer was said to have been a homosexual. “Truth be told, we don’t love him because of that, but he was a great musician and we all love his music,” Putin said…
The law on “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations,” which Putin signed in July, makes it illegal to expose minors to information that portrays these relationships as normal or attractive. The law imposes hefty fines, while also subjecting foreign citizens to up to 15 days in prison… (more)
