http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25799499
Winter Olympics: Putin 'friendly' with gay people
President Vladimir Putin has defended Russia's law on "gay propaganda" ahead of the Sochi Olympics but insisted he was not prejudiced against homosexuals.
Gay people faced no discrimination at work or in society in Russia, he told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show, and the new law did not harm anybody.
"I myself know some people who are gay," he said. "We're on friendly terms. I'm not prejudiced in any way."
Gay rights campaigners have urged a boycott of the winter games.
The controversial legislation passed in June prescribes fines for anyone providing information about paedophilia and homosexuality to people under 18.
Critics say the amendment's loose wording, and its free interpretation by the authorities, effectively make any kind of public gay rights event in Russia impossible.
Some national leaders have indicated they will not attend the games, which run from 7 to 23 February.
US President Barack Obama pointedly announced he was sending an Olympic delegation that includes several openly gay sports figures, among them tennis legend Billie Jean King.
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What will the world be like after its ruler is removed?
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Some of my best friends are Putin.
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Vladimir was at a conference and they had arranged for some women to keep company with the Russians. One woman, an Italian, ended up in Vladimir's room. He was taking his time with the business, and they did not speak a common language. Finally she took off her panties and thought of some English form school and announced her intentions: VLADIMIR PUT IN.
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They're pulling out all the stops for the Olympics, really Putin on the Ritz.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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I see what you did there. Not Vlad at all.laklak wrote:They're pulling out all the stops for the Olympics, really Putin on the Ritz.
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Vlad the impaler?Tero wrote:Vladimir was at a conference and they had arranged for some women to keep company with the Russians. One woman, an Italian, ended up in Vladimir's room. He was taking his time with the business, and they did not speak a common language. Finally she took off her panties and thought of some English form school and announced her intentions: VLADIMIR PUT IN.
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
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Oooh. Jim. Nice. You get the 
for that one.
for that one."A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
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JimC wrote:Vlad the impaler?Tero wrote:Vladimir was at a conference and they had arranged for some women to keep company with the Russians. One woman, an Italian, ended up in Vladimir's room. He was taking his time with the business, and they did not speak a common language. Finally she took off her panties and thought of some English form school and announced her intentions: VLADIMIR PUT IN.
Well, it wouldn't have worked if I'd mentioned a very even-tempered and pleasant African antelope of my acquaintance, Vlad the Impala...FBM wrote:Oooh. Jim. Nice. You get the
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
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