In an interview with Vladimir Putin, he is asked how it is possible that Russia cannot spread gender ideology in schools and cannot proselytise homosexuality.
What Vladimir Putin tells him is exemplary:
“Russia doesn’t discriminate, doesn’t persecute, no adult is jailed for being gay. There are actors, athletes, artists who are gay and no one pursues and discriminates against them, but we will not tolerate them indoctrinating children into an ideology that is contrary to the family because the foundation of a nation is family. If the child becomes an adult upon reaching the age of 18 and decides to be homosexual is his decision but we will not tolerate the family destroying it from below by proselytizing children who do not have enough criteria to distinguish in a sense or in another.”