After years without pushing a dogma, the Kremlin is espousing social conservatism as a defense against what it perceives as an amoral West. Ironically, Moscow’s concern may be a reflection of the West’s own culture wars.
St Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov has claimed after meeting with wounded Russian soldiers that they knew what they were fighting for after seeing toilets "for gender-neutral people" in Ukrainian schools.
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