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Rainbow NewsRussian champions' kiss on the podium: a challenge to the "anti-gay" law, or simply a Russian tradition?
19 Aug. 2013
The women's 4x400 relay race at the track and field world championship held in Moscow ended in victory for Russian athletes with a time of 3 minutes 20 seconds. To accept their gold medals, the women climbed to the highest step of the podium. And then something unthinkable happened: Kseniya Ryzhova grabbed the neck of her teammate, Yulia Gushchina, and kissed her. Western media have embraced what happened as disobedience to authorities and as a violation of the law banning the "propaganda of homosexuality." Understandably so, as in the photo, which has been scattered across the internet, the kiss leaves quite an impression. Spanish newspaper "Marca" (link in Spanish) poses this question: is this gesture from the winners defiance of the "anti-gay" law, or is this kiss on the lips just a part of Russian tradition? Russian media claim that it is nothing more than a congratulatory exchange of pleasantries.
Reporting on this incident, www.24horas.cl recalls that as recently as a couple of days ago, an international scandal was flared by the words of one other Russian champion, famous pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva, who demanded that foreign guests "respect the laws of her country and not promote non-traditional relationships during the Olympic Games."
Once Isinbayeva's words were picked up by the world press, naming her "a symbol of Russian homophobia" and even calling for a boycott of her, Istinbayeva decided to amend her statement, saying that people did not understand her correctly, because English, in which she originally made the statement, is not her first language. "But let me make it clear I respect the views of my fellow athletes and let me state in the strongest terms that I am opposed to any discrimination against gay people on the grounds of their sexuality," - she added belatedly.
"Just fantastic! Thank you, ladies, thank you!" - Author of the popular American gay blog "Joe. My. God" thanks Ryzhova and Firova.
TV Channel JN1 reports on Isinbayeva's words and the following international reaction (in Russian)
Translated by Timothy Grishin
Lesbi.Ru / Gay.Ru Compiled by Alexander Lopata Photo estadiodeportivo.com
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