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Stephen Fry is 'evil', says anti-gay Russian politician

September 30, 2013 11:40
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Rosa Doherty,

Rosa Doherty

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Stephen Fry has been labelled "evil" by Russian politician Vitaly Milonov over his views on gay rights in Russia.

Mr Fry criticised Russia’s anti-gay laws in March and called on David Cameron, Sebastian Coe and the International Olympic Committee to boycott the 2014 Russian Winter Olympics.

The writer and television presenter, whose family were killed in Hungary during the Holocaust, wrote an open letter comparing the treatment of homosexuals in Russia to the persecution of Jews during Second World War.

On his website, Mr Fry declared that Hitler “banned Jews from academic tenure or public office, he made sure that the police turned a blind eye to any beatings, thefts or humiliations afflicted on them… Putin is eerily repeating this insane crime, only this time against LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual) Russians.”