Saturday, 8 February 2014

Russia: Mythbusting


The Winter Olympics in Sochi have given western journalists no end of fodder for outrage and absurdity – at the cost of accuracy. Despite the just concern about gay rights and entertaining tweets about Sochi’s half-built hotels, a number of persistent stories about Russia and its dissidents could use a little clearing up.

To that end, consider the following …

The Guardian - now read on...

Little parlour game; Ask why are the (gay) right, the (straight) wet liberals and the otherwise apolitical getting so agitated about Sochi?

Daily Mail: "Gay lobby"?
Posted by Fagburn at 08:31:00
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous9 February 2014 at 08:54

    'Russia’s gay community, like its immigrant community, is being used as a scapegoat in an attempt to quash domestic dissent.'

    Immigrant community!!! Who the hell would emigrate to Russia?!?!?

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  2. Anonymous9 February 2014 at 10:25

    Millions of workers from impoverished former Soviet republics such as Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Citizens from these countries do not need visas to come to Russia and can stay (legally) for a year. There are large numbers of other ex-Soviet nationalities in living in Russia - particularly Georgians, Armenians and Azerbaijanis. There are even Afro-Russians!

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