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At the 2014 Winter Olympics Putin denied there was any “professional, career or social discrimination” against the LGBTQ community in Russia. And clarified the law was a “ban on the propaganda of pedophilia and homosexuality” asking homosexual visitors to the games to “leave the children in peace”.

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Following Putin’s re-election as president of Russia, the nation has become decidedly more fascist. Putin has penalized any expression of dissent, imprisoned political activists, investigated NGOs, and enacted restrictive laws. Among these was the so-called “foreign agents” law which affects human rights organizations receiving international funding.