Russian politician Vitaly Milonov has
compared gay and lesbian couples to monkeys.
The St. Petersburg lawmaker's 2011
ordinance banning the promotion of “gay propaganda” to minors
inspired a nationwide law that led to calls for a boycott of the
Winter Olympics held earlier this year in Sochi, Russia.
The British Foreign Office on Tuesday
announced that British gay couples would be allowed to register their
marriages at consulates in 23 countries where such unions are not
recognized starting June 3, including Russia.
Milonov dismissed the news, saying it
did not worry him because it did not affect Russian citizens.
“The British consulates can do
whatever they want,” he told The
Moscow Times. “They can marry monkeys and register
perverts for all I care.”
Milonov has a history of describing
gays as “perverts.”
(Related: Vitaly
Milonov wants Conchita Wurst excluded from “Europe-wide gay parade”
Eurovision.)