This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 88%. (I'm a bot)

> Russian MPs on Thursday voted to extend a law banning all forms of LGBT "Propaganda".

> "Today Russia is pursuing this with even more intensity. Lacking unanimous support for its war in Ukraine, Russian leaders have launched a conservative initiative of 'ideological purification' as it sees the Russian population as being at risk from harmful Western influences."

> "Russia has remained an imperial state, inherited from the Tsars and the Soviet Union. As such it is, by definition, fragmented into regional identities. By putting immense pressure on society through propaganda, Russian authorities seek to construct a united conservative base that will encompass society as a whole."

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