ALJAZEERA: Russian President Vladimir Putin defended Russia’s anti-gay law Sunday, linking homosexuality with pedophilia and stating Russia needs to “cleanse” itself of gays if it wants to increase its birth rate.
Putin’s comments in an interview broadcast Sunday with Russian and foreign television stations displayed the wide gulf between Putin’s views on homosexuality and that of many in the west ahead of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi that could be overshadowed by the debate…
International concern about how gays will be treated in Sochi have been met with assurances from Russian officials and Olympics organizers that there will be no discrimination in Sochi, and Putin reiterated that stance Sunday… (more)
