First they overwhelmingly pass this broad "Anti Gay-Propaganda" law last month (mirroring many others passed on local levels), followed by homophobic violence against gay protesters:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/12/wo...sexuality.html
Then you have calls from Russian lawmakers to actually enforce this law against foreign gay athletes during the upcoming Sochi Winter Olympics:
http://news.msn.com/world/russia-ant...sochi-olympics
Just seems to go against the grain of increasing tolerance & understanding elsewhere, any Russian members care to weigh in on where this is coming from?