Summary
The West practices double standards when dealing with Russia: it is protesting against the ‘sufferings of gays in Chechnya’ and at the same time doesn’t impose any sanctions on the US, where the police shot and killed around 500 people last year.
Disproof
The connection is unclear. Sanctions against Russia are due to its aggression towards Ukraine and illegal annexation of Crimea. Human rights groups have catalogued summary executions and torture of civilians in Chechnya. bit.ly/19wwzP3, , bit.ly/2uif0Nm, .