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Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova visited Yahoo News this week, talking with Katie Couric and shooting from the hip about the “ridiculous” U.S. airstrikes in Syria, the scourge of fake news, President Trump, and a range of other topics.
However, one subject apparently off the table was the recent reports of concentration camps in Chechnya that holding gay men, many of whom are tortured and, in some cases, killed.
Zakharova’s response is troubling, to say the least.
Watch the segment below:
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Katie Couric asked a Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman about the torture and killing of gay men in Chechnya.
Her response is telling. pic.twitter.com/WOpZNCeDjJ
— Raymond Braun (@raymondbraun) April 28, 2017
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This post was originally published on Queerty and is republished here with permission.
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Related, here on GMP:
Horrifying Reports of Gay Men Being Rounded up and Sent to Concentration Camps in Chechnya
Hundreds Gather in London to Protest Chechen Attacks on Gay Men
New Video Details Horrifying Accounts of gay Chechen Survivors
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Photo credit: Twitter/Yahoo News/Raymond Braun