“Shameless propaganda of sin and perverted sexual relationships”

It is not just the EU and the broader West that considers propaganda a problem that ought to be addressed. Deep inside the Russian State Duma, it turns out there is one Member of Parliament leading what seems like a life long struggle against propaganda – but from the West.

In his past as a legislator in St. Petersburg, Vitaly Milonov became famous for his crusade against what he saw as “gay propaganda”. Now he has set his sights on the latest film adaptation of “Beauty and the Beast”. As CNN reports, Milonov called the film “a blatant, shameless propaganda of sin and perverted sexual relationships” and has petitioned the Russian Minister of Culture not to show the movie, “if the ministry found ‘elements of propaganda of homosexuality’.” (Image: Disney)

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