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Putin rails against same-sex marriage and “corrupt Western values”
Nathan HodgeCNNFebruary 21, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual address to the Federal Assembly in Moscow, Russia February 21, 2023. Sputnik/Dmitry Astakhov/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has long cast himself as a defender of traditional values, and Tuesday’s state of the union speech is no exception.
In an extended digression, Putin warned that Russians face an existential threat from what he described as corrupt Western values.
“The West declares that perversions including pedophilia, are part of the norm, destroys its values, calls on priests to bless same-sex marriages,” he said.
Putin added that the state shouldn’t meddle in private life, but added that a family “is the union of a man and a woman.”
Under Putin, the Russian government has expanded anti-LGBTQ laws.
Putin rails against same-sex marriage and "corrupt Western values" - Egypt Independent
Russian President Vladimir Putin has long cast himself as a defender of traditional values, and Tuesday’s state of the union speech is no exception. In an extended digression, Putin warned that Russians face an existential threat from what he described as corrupt Western values. “The West...
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