Ah, the old "other people are doing it too!" excuse. Russia has actively launched several anti gay initiatives recently, and subsequently repressed the protests

Ah, the old "other people are doing it too!" excuse. Russia has actively launched several anti gay initiatives recently, and subsequently repressed the protests from that nation's gay community. Therefore the criticism in the west is more about supporting an ongoing struggle than suddenly one day realizing that Russia's gay laws are backwards. I suspect the same criticism would be leveled against, say, Iran if that nation were in the middle of a crackdown on the Iranian gay rights movement.