Russia: Pants!

Björn Borg, a Swedish fashion company, is doing its part to stand up against 'anti-propaganda' laws in Russia.
In a spare, yet powerful, ad in Moscow Times there is a stack of underwear. Each one color of the rainbow [sic]. Above the skivvies is the following phrase:
'Björn Borg says da.'

...GSN loves Björn Borg and you should go buy some of its products.

Gay Star News et al.

Can you believe that last line?
Cause nothing says you support the struggle for gay liberation in Russia more than paying £30 for a pair of Swedish over-priced underpants...

Moscow Times is a small-circulation free English language newspaper read mainly by English-speaking ex-pats in Moscow.
Fagburn wouldn't imagine this - rather oblique - ad would have cost BB Inc much [Edit: £15,000 for a full page].
But the amount of free publicity the company got out of all this guff in the more gullible gay media internationally must be priceless.
Though only a terrible old cynic would think that was the ad's real audience and aim.

Russia: Our Friends In America

American conservative groups haven’t just praised Russia’s crackdown on gays. Working through several channels, American anti-gay activists quietly provided intellectual backing and international support that directly and indirectly fueled the resurgent anti-gay movement in Russia and in other former Soviet states like Lithuania, Moldova and Ukraine.

In a series of posts today and tomorrow, we’ll look at how American activists influenced Russia’s anti-gay laws by funding anti-gay activism in Russia, testifying before the Duma, providing false research to fan the flames of anti-gay laws abroad, and building an international movement to back the harshest anti-gay laws around the world...

Right Wing Watch have just completed a fascinating/depressing four-part series of articles on the influence of American Christian and/or right-wing groups on the anti-gay crackdown in Russia.
God bless America!