A Russian TV news anchor has said that President Vladamir Putin’s anti-propaganda laws do not go far enough and suggested that gay people should not be allowed to donate blood or semen, or donate organs, suggesting that their ‘hearts should be buried or burned.’
Dmitri Kisilev is Deputy General Director of Rossiya 1, a state-owned and government-controlled news network in Russia, he is also a popular news anchor.
Appearing on the popular Russian TV program ‘Vesti’ Kisilev is to reported to have said that if gay people are in accidents their hearts should be buried or burned.
Kisilev’s comments come as Russia facing growing scrutiny from other countries over the introduction of anti-propaganda laws which stop homosexuality being discussed with people under 18 years of age, and the banning of public displays of affection between same sex couples.
Recently actor Stephen Fry called for a boycott of the upcoming winter Olympics in Sochi because of growing anti-gay violence and sentiment in the country.
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