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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, hands a bunch of flowers to Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill during a ceremony presenting him the Order of St. Andrew in the Kremlin in Moscow in November 2021. Both men have accused the West of trying to impose LGBTQ+ rights on Russia. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Homophobia as a wartime marketing tool: Some Russians fear the West will make them gay

Richard Foltz, Australian National University; Concordia University

The Russian state, in tandem with the Russian Orthodox Church, is using LGBTQ+ rights as a red-button issue to win support for its criminal war campaign in Ukraine.

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  1. Educate me
  2. Homophobia
  3. LGBTQI+
  4. Prejudice
  5. Russia
  6. Russian Orthodox Church
  7. Ukraine
  8. Ukraine invasion 2022
  9. Vladimir Putin

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