Russia moves to ban 'LGBT propaganda' among all ages
NBCJUN 2022
The Spin
Anti-Russia narrative
This bill is a censorship tool that's being used in an absurd attempt to humiliate and discriminate against the LGBTQ+ community. It's just the latest iteration of Putin's authoritarian overreach and imposition of draconian values.
Pro-Russia narrative
While the rights of sexual minorities are important to any society, the US has historically deployed its self-righteous "values-based" foreign policy as a weapon to further its global hegemony. This bill is important to safeguarding Russia's traditional principles and will go a long way to countering the West's pursuit of woke imperialism.
Metaculus Prediction
There is a 50% chance that The Economist will rank Russia as a Democracy in its Democracy Index by September 2048, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
