Renowned Russian homophobe and St. Petersburg lawmaker Vitaly Milonov, reportedly showed up with Russian Orthodox activists at a gay rights event in St. Petersburg, Russia, yesterday, doused the attendees with a green antisceptic liquid, and then gassed the room.
Several attendees fell ill from the gas, according to a report from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Milonov is the author of the local St. Petersburg version of a series of draconian “gay propaganda” laws that have caused quite a stir in the past two years.
Milonov is no stranger to controversy, and has disrupted gay events before. Among other things, Milonov has claimed that homosexuality can be cured through fasting and prayer.
Milonov also suggested that gay athletes attending the Sochi Olympics should be arrested.
Milonov is also facing charges of anti-Semitism:
According to the svodka.net news website, Milonov stated that Jews “vilify any saint, it is in their tradition of 2,000 years, beginning with the appeals to crucify the Savior, ending with accusations of anti-Semitism against St. John of Kronstadt.”
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