renard_ruse
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Effort is aimed to protect the innocence of children:
The Russian Lower House has passed at the first reading a bill banning homosexual propaganda towards minors, which has already been labeled by opponents as anti-gay.
The bill was supported by 388 MPs with one vote against and one abstention.
The ban was submitted by deputies from the Novosibirsk Region in Siberia, who had earlier introduced similar local regulations. If approved, it would introduce heavy fines for the promotion of homosexuality among children. Those found guilty of the offence could be fined up to 5000 roubles (about $160), but the fines increase 10-fold for officials and 100-fold for companies...
http://rt.com/politics/russian-first-ban-gay-722/