I don't think Putin really gives a shit either way on gay rights. He just isn't interested enough to prevent gay people being murdered. But I also think that the only way Russia is going to get gay rights is an internal Russian movement.
Western support for gay rights around the world largely consists of articles along the lines of "this is Bob he lives in Uganda and is a secretly gay man risking execution if found he lives at 123 police-read-this street at the corner of this-article-will-get-him-killed avenue"
I don't think Putin really gives a shit either way on gay rights. He just isn't interested enough to prevent gay people being murdered. But I also think that the only way Russia is going to get gay rights is an internal Russian movement.
Western support for gay rights around the world largely consists of articles along the lines of "this is Bob he lives in Uganda and is a secretly gay man risking execution if found he lives at 123 police-read-this street at the corner of this-article-will-get-him-killed avenue"
Don't forget infiltrating student movements to support color revolution, thereby damaging relationships between the state and student movements