Vladimir Putin Mocks U.S. Embassy For Flying The Pride Flag

Russia President Vladimir Putin mocked the U.S. embassy in Moscow for flying a rainbow flag during Pride Month to celebrate LGBT+ rights, suggesting this move reflected the sexual orientation of the embassy’s staff.

Specifically, Putin said the U.S. embassy’s move to raise the LGBT pride flag “revealed something about the people that work there”.

“It’s no big deal though. We have spoken about this many times, and our position is clear,” said Putin, who has sought to distance Russia from liberal Western values and aligned himself with the Russian Orthodox Church.

“Yes, we passed a law banning the propaganda of homosexuality among minors. So what? Let people grow up, become adults and then decide their own destinies.”

The above-mentioned legislation has been used to stop Pride marches and detain gay rights activists.

According to ‘Reuters’, during his campaign to change the constitution, Putin stated that he would not let the traditional notion of a mother and a father be subverted by what he called “parent number 1” and “parent number 2”.

Last week, the head of the Women’s Union of Russia, Ekaterina Lakhova, told Putin that she feared an ice cream with the brand name ‘Rainbow’, and other multi-coloured advertising, could constitute propaganda for non-traditional values and have a harmful effect on children.

“Even indirectly, such things make our children accustomed to that ... flag, the one that was hung up by the embassy,” Lakhova was cited as saying.

“It would be very good to have a commission to make sure that those values that we enshrined in our constitution are upheld,” she said.

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