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Russia imposes complete ban on gay cowboy film Brokeback Mountain

Left-to-right: Dmitry Medvedev, former president of Russia responsible for establishing Roskomnadzor; Brokeback Mountain film poster; Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photos: PAP/EPA/EKATERINA SHTUKINA / SPUTNIK / GOVERNMENT PRESS SERVICE POOL MANDATORY CREDIT; BLT Communications, LLC, via impawards.com; PAP/ EPA/VYACHESLAV PROKOFYEV/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN POOL MANDATORY CREDIT
Left-to-right: Dmitry Medvedev, former president of Russia responsible for establishing Roskomnadzor; Brokeback Mountain film poster; Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photos: PAP/EPA/EKATERINA SHTUKINA / SPUTNIK / GOVERNMENT PRESS SERVICE POOL MANDATORY CREDIT; BLT Communications, LLC, via impawards.com; PAP/ EPA/VYACHESLAV PROKOFYEV/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN POOL MANDATORY CREDIT

In 2022, Russia banned “LGBT, pedophilia, and transsexual propaganda.”