“I have a lot of respect for him, he is a genius musician, we all enjoy his music, but I think he is mistaken,” Russian president responds
slamming Russian censors for removing “all scenes with kissing, sex and oral sex between men have been cut out,” a Russian film critic revealed. The Russian version also removed the film’s postscript that stated John and his partner were raising children.
“I am proud to live in a part of the world where our governments have evolved to recognize the universal human right to love whoever we want,” John added. At the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Putin responded to John’s open letter. “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 , adding that Russia has a “relaxed and unprejudiced” attitude toward LGBT people but minors need to be “left alone.”
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