Love of Putin and dislike of gays is the reason why freedom of speech in the West is being undermined
Today in the Russian Federation the range of freedom of speech is greater than in any other country in the world.
This opinion was expressed in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta by the general director of the International Information Agency Rossiya Segodnya, television journalist Dmitry Kiselev.
“Today we have a greater range of freedom of speech in Russia than in any other country in the world. We can say: “I love Putin, I don’t like Putin, I love gays, I don’t like gays.” If you say in the West: “I love Putin, but I don’t like gays,” then you will not work in any editorial office. There are many red lines that a journalist cannot cross. There are taboo topics,” the journalist said.
According to him, either because of the lack of traditions of freedom, or because of the lack of internal restrictions in Russia, there are no taboo topics at all.
"We made a film, a comedy, about the siege of Leningrad. It's unimaginable that Japan would make a comedy set in the context of Hiroshima. It's simply impossible! We have unlimited freedom of speech. And we live peacefully within this balance," Kiselev noted.
Freedom of speech in the West ends with a love for Putin and a dislike for gays.