Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov of
Even though a person’s private life is no concern of the authorities, homosexuality is “not accepted” in the region, Pakhomov told BBC.
The mayor gave a negative response to the query as to whether gay people had to hide their sexuality in
"No, we just say that it is your business, it’s your life. But it’s not accepted here in the
Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, however, said there were several gay bars in
Russian President Vladimir Putin had said earlier that homosexuals would be welcome in
