07-17-2020, 12:59 PM
(07-16-2020, 03:25 PM)Tjemka88 Wrote: As long as Putin is alive and president, one can forget about any change in LGBT lives in Russia. That's just a fact.From what I have observed I agree with you. I think Putin is a very astute politician who knows how to manipulate his constituency. He has read the mood of the people and appears to be giving them what they want in order to clamp down elsewhere within the system. LGBT+ citizens in Russia need a president who would be prepared to lead the rest of the population into greater enlightenment. That does not look like happening any time soon.
Strangely, in the U.K. it took a Conservative Prime Minister, David Cameron, to push for same-sex marriage against the wishes of the majority of his fellow party members. Some suggested it was his undoing, even before his disastrous decision to allow the referendum on Europe.