When a gay group held a film festival in Moscow in April, there were the usual anti-gay protesters.

Russia

But this time, there was an unexpected visitor: a policeman armed with a Kalashnikov, checking ID’s.

Later this month, Russia’s Duma is expected to give final approval to a vaguely worded bill that would ban “homosexual propaganda” accessible to minors.

Despite protests, the bill won nearly unanimous approval in a preliminary vote last January.

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