MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin has proposed a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in what political analysts suggest is an effort to raise turnout in a constitutional referendum that could keep him in power but has so far stirred little enthusiasm among Russians.
New York Times: Putin proposes constitutional ban on gay marriage
A man holds up a picture of an painted Russian President Vladimir Putin during the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Rainbow Pride Parade in Bratislava, Slovakia on June 28, 2014.
