Well-known Russian TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to voluntarily withdraw from the public discussion the issue of the rights of representatives of non-traditional sexual orientation in Russia and all its regions, including Chechnya.

This statement she made in the next weekly appeal Sobchak to Putin on the air of the television channel "Rain", "Znak".

So, Sobchak said that she does not understand why an endless discussion of what can and can not be done to gays has become an eternal topic of public discussion. It is quite obvious that the authority and authority of the head of state is enough to "stop this agenda".

"I think it's necessary to make it clear that gays are no longer funny. This is the tragedy of people living in an extremely hostile environment. These people need to understand and accept. Under no circumstances should the state climb into cowards its citizens, "she said..

According to the journalist, what followed the publication of the investigation of Novaya Gazeta about the persecution of members of sexual minorities in Chechnya is "an absolute medieval". At the same time, Sobchak gave such a description not only to the statements of spiritual and secular leaders in the republic itself, but also to statements by a number of politicians in Moscow, citing the example of State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov, known for his extreme public homophobia.

The TV presenter indicated that Putin admits such a thing, all the more strange, despite the fact that the president admitted in an interview that he himself works with such people and even sometimes awards them for conscientious work.

"If we want to be a high-tech country, with import substitution, with GLONASS and other delights of civilization, we should finally listen to Faina Ranevskaya and allow people to dispose of their own asshole. Even in Chechnya. Wherever, "she stressed..

As reported by the "Observer", in early April, "Novaya Gazeta" published a series of articles on the persecution of gays in Chechnya. According to the information of the newspaper, several dozen people were detained in the republic on suspicion of homosexuality, three were killed.

The authorities of Chechnya accused Novaya Gazeta of slander, stating, in particular, that there are no homosexuals in the republic.

On April 13, at a meeting of Islamic theologians and leaders of public opinion in Chechnya, calls were made to crack down on journalists who wrote about the hunt for gays in the republic.

Later, representatives of the authorities of Chechnya, as well as a member of the HRO of the Republic of Kheda Saratov, said that under retaliation there was a lawsuit against Novaya Gazeta about libel.

Novaya Gazeta, in turn, appealed to the authorities of the Russian Federation with a request to stop actions aimed at inciting hatred towards journalists.

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