Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, previously holding the position from 1999 until 2008. He was also the Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012.
Putin seeks to amend Russia’s constitution to ban same-sex marriage
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to amend the Russian constitution to stipulate that marriage can only exist between one man and one woman.
Although same-sex unions are not legally recognized in Russia, amending the constitution would make it even more difficult for same-sex marriage to ever be legalized in the country.
Last month, Putin spoke out against same-sex marriage, saying he felt it his duty to stop it ever coming to Russia. “As far as ‘parent number 1’ and ‘parent number 2’ goes,
