MOSCOW -- The Russian State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State-Building has declined to endorse a controversial draft bill that would introduce fines and arrests for people who publicly express their homosexuality.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Russian State Duma Committee comes out against antigay bill
A picture taken in Russia's second city of Saint Petersburg on August 26, 2013, shows Vitaly Milonov, a lawmaker in the local parliament who has become a hate figure for gay rights activists, speaking during his interview with the AFP.
