In what should come as no surprise the vast majority of Russians in a new poll say teh gay sex acts are reprehensible.
More than 80 percent of Russians consider gay sex "reprehensible," showing a massive spike in LGBT intolerance over the past two decades.
...survey released Thursday showed that 83 percent of Russians thought gay sex was “always reprehensible” or "almost always reprehensible," with little distinction between the opinions of younger and older generations. Only 8 percent of the 1,600 people polled in Russia's urban and rural areas did not object to same-gender sexual relations.
How does this compare to views on other topics?
68 percent opposition to extramarital affairs and 35 percent opposition to abortions. Previous surveys showed that 68 percent of Russians opposed gay sex in 1998, and 76 opposed it in 2008
As you can see the numbers of those opposed to gay sex have increased, and are rated as more opposed than abortion and heterosexual marital affairs.
Russia has a propaganda law put in place in 2013 that imposes fines on individuals who spread "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations."
After the 2013 hate crimes against the LGBT community have doubled.
With these views is it any surprise that Russia has done nothing to control the torture and imprisonment of gay men in Chechnya?