Vladimir Putin calls Elton John a 'mistaken musical genius'

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The Russian President said he has no problems with LGBT persons despite the country's ban on propaganda of homosexuality, provoking anger from Elton John.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Sir Elton John is"mistaken" about LGBT rights in Russia, while praising the British singer as a musical genius.Russia currently bans promoting"propaganda of homosexuality" around minors

Mr Putin was the target of a series of tweets from Sir Elton after the Financial Times published an interview with in which the Russian leader said that liberal values were"obsolete"."It has come into conflict with the interests of the overwhelming majority of the population." "That the local distributor has edited out certain scenes, denying the audience the opportunity to see the film as it was intended is a sad reflection of the divided world we still live in and how it can still be so cruelly unaccepting of the love between two people," the statement said.

Mr Putin was asked about Sir Elton's comments in Osaka, Japan, where he was attending an event as part of the G20 summit.

 

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Don't they have a movie rating classification system in Russia? Don't bother editiing it, just slap an 'R' rating on it like we do in Australia and move on, the kids won't ever see it.

At least Elton John never cried the victim like the rest of the LGBT sooks.

Egocentric gender benders,are they acdc ,do they celebrate life,on a “Hiway to Hell”..?...HELL YEAH,!!!!! Yet,when IzzyFolau warns ,if you don’t wind back and reflect on psychosocial commitment.up goes smh discrimination sacking.Russia ain’t fooled by 21stCenturySchizoidMan

So was the person who gave Mr Putin 20% of the USA's uranium, only a 'mistaken political genius' & the payoff was nice for her and hubby. 💋💋

Putin is a mistaken leader, which could be changed if his country was allowed to actually vote

Pooptin a mistaken billionaire

Who cares what Putin thinks?

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