Elton John is Mistaken about LGBTs Rights in Russia: Vladimir Putin

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that British singer Elton John is mistaken about the rights of LGBTs in Russia. “I have a lot of respect for him, he is a genius musician, we all enjoy his music, but I think he is mistaken,” Putin said on Saturday during a press conference after the G20 Summit in the Japanese city of Osaka, according to the Russian news agency Interfax. He said that the Russian government has a “relaxed and unprejudiced” attitude towards the LGBT community, Efe news reported. Putin’s remarks came after the artist slammed the Russian leader over the community’s problems in the country. In April 2017, however, the daily Novaya Gazeta reported that dozens of men were seized, tortured and slain in Chechnya for their sexual orientation or suspected sexual orientation. (IANS)

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