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EU commissioner to skip Olympics because of Russia’s human rights record
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — European Union commissioner Viviane Reding said Tuesday she would not be attending the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, over that country’s treatment of minorities.
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Putin appoints notorious anti-gay news anchor to head Russian news agency
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin on Monday appointed a controversial news anchor to head a restructured state news agency, a move signaling the Kremlin’s intention to tighten control over the media and use it increasingly for propaganda of ultraconservative views.
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Russian Prime Minister criticizes Duma, gay ‘propaganda’ law
MOSCOW — Former Russian president and current Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday criticized the country’s lawmakers and recent passage of an anti-gay law, saying the Duma, Russia’s federal Parliament, has switched its focus from political bans to private life.
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Russian high court rules against LGBT activist, upholds ‘gay propaganda’ law
MOSCOW — Russia’s highest court has ruled that a controversial law banning “gay propaganda” is not in breach of that nation’s Constitution.
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Putin says ‘xenophobic’ attitude toward Russian LGBT people is wrong
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin told a group of political leaders Wednesday that the nation and its people and government shouldn’t adopt a xenophobic attitude towards people with different sexual orientations.
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Olympic Committee president confident gays will be treated equally in Russia
MOSCOW — International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach is confident that all athletes and visitors at the Winter Olympics in Sochi will be treated equally regardless of “race, gender or sexual orientation.”
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Putin: No discrimination against gays at Sochi Olympics
SOCHI, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Monday that gay athletes and guests at the Winter Olympics in Sochi will feel at ease, seeking to assuage fears fueled by a recent Russian law banning gay “propaganda.”
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Russia halts international adoptions to Sweden over same-sex marriage
MOSCOW — Russia has halted all adoptions to prospective parents in Sweden under a recently enacted law banning international adoptions to countries where same-sex marriage is legal.
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Putin nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by Russian advocacy group
OSLO, Norway — Russian President Vladimir Putin has been nominated for consideration for the prestigious Nobel Peace prize by a Russian advocacy group.
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Globalizing Homophobia: ‘Today the whole world is looking at Russia’
On June 13, 2013, just days after the Russian Duma passed laws banning on gay “propaganda” and actions that “offend religious feelings,” a delegation of five French Catholic anti-gay activists – at least one with ties to the far-right Front National party – traveled to Moscow at the invitation of the Duma committee on family, women and children to discuss, among other issues, Russia’s plans to tighten its ban on adoption by same-sex couples abroad…