You just shouldn't impose anything,' Putin insisted. 'Let a person grow up, become an adult and decide his own path himself. The law has been used as a pretext to ban gay pride events. He said a law banning promotion of homosexual relationships to minors, which he signed in 2013 to a storm of international condemnation aimed simply to prevent the 'foisting' of such relationships on children. The president said Friday however that Russia does not discriminate against people on the basis of sexual orientation. Putin on Friday signed amendments to the Constitution backed by a national vote that include a clause on marriage being between a man and a woman, aimed at preventing legalization of gay unions.
They've shown a certain something about the people who work there,' he added with a smile. 'Who works in this building?' Putin asked the speaker, Senator Alexei Pushkov, to be told 'Americans.'
