<story><title>It’s now illegal in Russia to share an image of Putin as a gay clown</title><url>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/04/05/its-now-illegal-in-russia-to-share-an-image-of-putin-as-a-gay-clown/?tid=sm_tw</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Mendenhall</author><text>That only took a couple years to go from internet extremism to gay putin clowns.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;themoscowtimes.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;internet-extremism-bill-passes-first-duma-reading-30613&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;themoscowtimes.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;internet-extremism-bill-pass...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Something, something, slippery slope?</text></comment>
<story><title>It’s now illegal in Russia to share an image of Putin as a gay clown</title><url>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/04/05/its-now-illegal-in-russia-to-share-an-image-of-putin-as-a-gay-clown/?tid=sm_tw</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>sremani</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;foreignpolicy.com&amp;#x2F;2011&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;30&amp;#x2F;countries-where-you-could-go-to-jail-for-calling-the-president-a-dick&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;foreignpolicy.com&amp;#x2F;2011&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;30&amp;#x2F;countries-where-you-coul...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not condoning what&amp;#x27;s happening in Russia, just pointing out how prevalent similar practices are around the world.</text></comment>