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Originally Posted by Zee
They won't do anything to upset Russia because Russia's got a vice grip around all our collective balls, it's in full control of a potential energy war and it would be unwise to become Russia's enemy. I know that doesn't excuse what is happening in Russian territory but the simple fact of the matter is that even if Putin changed his laws, it's not going to change the attitudes of the majority of Russian people. Homosexuality is reviled in Russia - always has been, perhaps it always will be.
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Good Post........yes I think you may have hit on the unpalatable truth, Putin knows the Russian peoples attitudes and LGB practices are not generally welcomed. He knows there is a tide of western liberalism sweeping across most of the developed World and maybe he is saying NOT here....perhaps he is correctly reading the mood of the vast majority of the Russian population.
Maybe the Russian public need more time to progress before they are ready to accept reforms of this nature.