![]() ![]() The figures are shifting slightly, however: in 1994, 23 percent in a poll said homosexuals should be killed, 24 percent said they should be isolated, and 29 percent said they should be left alone. Only 12 percent said they should be left alone. In 1989, 31 percent of the Russian population said in polls that homosexuals should be executed, and 32 percent said they should be isolated. With more quickly growing acceptance, major cities like Moscow and St Petersburg now have LGBT clubs and venues. Gay life in Russia is less open than in Western countries. "It would be foolish to interpret some new freedoms as tolerance," said Igor Kon, a sociologist who is Russia's best-known expert on sexual practices, and author of The Sexual Revolution in Russia. ![]() Moscow International LGBT Pride Festival was first celebrated in 2006 and was the subject of the documentary Moscow Gay Pride '06.Īlthough life in modern Russia allows many more liberties for gay men and lesbians than it did before the Revolutions of 1989, unofficial discrimination and fear are still rampant. ![]()
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