The Russian Embassy in the United States said that American officials were rudely interfering in Russia’s affairs by criticizing the law banning LGBT propaganda, sex reassignment and pedophilia. It has been reported DEA News.
“We consider such statements as a heavy intervention in our internal affairs. <...> In the statement made by the embassy, we openly say that we reject the attempts of Western states, especially the USA, to impose so-called liberal and perverted human rights on other countries.
The Russian diplomatic mission also demanded that the United States “respect the choice of our people”.
Former European Union expression Regret over the adoption of laws by the State Duma of the Russian Federation banning LGBT propaganda and imposing additional restrictions on foreign agents. The EU noted that these laws fuel homophobia and increase the suppression of critical and alternative discourse.
November 24, State Duma deputies accepted In the third reading, a bill to introduce administrative fines of millions for the promotion of non-traditional sexual relations, pedophilia and sex reassignment.
According to the document, the penalty for promoting LGBT relations, expressed in “dissemination of information or public actions”, as well as promoting gender reassignment for Russians, can be up to 100 thousand rubles, for officials – up to 200 thousand rubles, for legal entities up to 1 million rubles.
Source: Gazeta
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