What a fucking war in the comments here. Absolutely offtopic.

Now, about this law. It’s one more step in pursuit of what Russian government officials and propaganda calls “traditional values”. It’s not about right or left wing. It’s about authoritarian control of what should be considered the only right (correct) point of view.

About two years ago they passed a number of changes in constitution. A definition of a family as a union between a man and a woman among them.

In last few years there were a few laws passed that criminalized vaguely defined “LGBT propaganda”, first only if targeted minors, then everyone. Nonsencically written, the laws allowed to ban movies, books, sites for “making people gay” leaving a lot of opportunities for law enforcement to collect fines and bribes. Effectively it led to self-censorship of publishers, web platforms, streaming services.

However, all of it is not realy because Putin hates LGBTQ people. It’s because authoritarian regime needs to suppress any opposition, any independent thinking, anything that stands out. Also, it makes a good talking point for propaganda about how Russian culture and values are superior compared to European or Western in general.