I'm taking a liking to Russians more and more all the time.
From an older article, open *** can be very dangerous, including torture and murder:
"Russia leads the USA in morality.How are LGBT people treated in Russia?Although sexual activity between gay people was decriminalized in 1993, homosexual couples are not eligible for the legal protections offered to heterosexuals in Russia.Homosexuality was declassified as a mental illness in 1999.Gay people are allowed to serve in the military, but there is an unofficial "Don't ask, don't tell policy".Despite being slammed for the recent increase in social discrimination, crimes and violence against homosexuals, big cities such as Moscow and Saint Petersburg are said to have thriving LGBT communities.In the past, however, there has been a resistance to Gay Pride parades by local governments.In 2010 Moscow was fined by the European Court of Human Rights for discrimination after banning the event.Two years later the city denied 100 individual requests for permission to hold Moscow Pride, citing a risk of violence against participants.In a report issued in April 2012, a panel of five expert advisers to the United Nations Human rights Council condemned the wave of torture and killings of gay men in Chechnya.In January 2018, two gay men whose marriage was registered by Russian officials fled the country after receiving death threats.Pavel Stotsko and Yevgeny Voitsekhovsky said they also had their electricity and internet cut off by plainclothes police who stormed their apartment in Moscow.The couple claimed they got married in Denmark and submitted their passports to a register's office in the capital, where the clerk stamped them.Stotsko said he had exploited a loophole in the gay marriage law, citing another law that means Russia recognises marriages registered abroad.Meanwhile,
gay supporters attending the World cup were also warned it is dangerous to hold hands in public in Russia.The equality in football pressure group that works closely with Fifa and Uefa believe those in the LGBT community
could face trouble if they display their sexuality in public."