The State Duma has before it a legislative package on a complete ban of LGBT and pedophilia “propaganda” in Russia, encompassing mass media, books, the Web, advertisements, and movies, informs Petr Tolstoy, the Duma vice speaker and United Russia deputy. Should the package be adopted, foreigners guilty of “promoting” LGBT would be deported from Russia and fined up to $13,000. Russian citizens risk fines too. According to the bill, distributing online content that “promotes” gender transition among minors would be punishable by a fine of up to $65,000. Similar fines would be imposed for “LGBT propaganda” targeting adult online audiences, while the same type of content distributed among minors is punishable by a fine of up to $81,000. Promoting pedophilia online would “cost” up to $162,000. According to Tolstoy, the bills have garnered support from almost 400 deputies, and the first 60 signatories come from an “inter-faction group for the protection of Christian values”. The spokesman lauded the decision the Duma is about to make as “evident and long-anticipated”. He does not believe that the previously introduced ban on “LGBT propaganda” among minors is sufficient. As he reiterated, the proposed amendments suggest banning the distribution of information that could encourage minors to consider gender transition.
via the insider: Russian parliament to consider complete ban on LGBT and pedophilia propaganda: huge fines for locals, deportation for foreigners