Source: HRO.org (info), 09/02/12 · St. Petersburg & Leningrad region · Sexual minorities ![]() According to the bill, passed on 8 February, persons who are found guilty of what the document calls “propaganda of homosexuality and paedophilia” will be punished by a range of fines. Discussion of the bill by deputies in St. Petersburg was stormy. Representatives of the Yabloko party called on the Assembly not to pass the law on the grounds that in practice it would amount to an approval of discrimination against sexual minorities, Radio Liberty reports. ![]() 'No, but just think about it, there is propaganda of homosexuality even here!' |