US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urged Russian lawmakers to withdraw the bill banning LGBT propaganda. He wrote this in his account. twitter.
“We call on Russian lawmakers to withdraw the bill and respect everyone’s human rights and dignity,” Blinken said.
According to him, Russia’s proposal to expand the ban on information on LGBTQI+ issues “will be another serious blow to the freedom of expression and rights” of these people in Russia.
23 November State Duma accepted In the second reading, a bill on the protection of traditional values that penalizes those who promote and legitimize pedophilia and transgenderism in the media, internet, literature and cinema.
As stated in the bill’s explanatory note, it was designed to create a mechanism to protect society from unconventional sexual intercourse propaganda and children from destructive information.