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FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with Olympic volunteers in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. Putin said gays should feel welcome at the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, but they must "leave the children in peace." Putin told volunteers Friday that gays visiting Sochi "can feel calm and at ease," and vowed that there would be no discrimination at the games. But he emphasized that, according to a law banning homosexual "propaganda" among minors, gays cannot express their views on gay rights issues to anyone underage. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Presidential Press Service, Alexei Nikolsky)

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with Olympic volunteers in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. Putin said gays should feel welcome at the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, but they must "leave the children in peace." Putin told volunteers Friday that gays visiting Sochi "can feel calm and at ease," and vowed that there would be no discrimination at the games. But he emphasized that, according to a law banning homosexual "propaganda" among minors, gays cannot express their views on gay rights issues to anyone underage. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Presidential Press Service, Alexei Nikolsky)

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