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Ryssel, Gereon (2020)

The “Anti-Gay Propaganda Law” of 2013 And Its Benefits for the Russian State

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)

The main objective of this thesis is to examine how the 2013 anti-gay propaganda law benefited the Russian government. This builds a connection between the effects of the law and the motivation for passing the law. To be able to answer this central research question, it is necessary to investigate two sub-questions further: first, why the anti-gay propaganda law was implemented in 2013, and second, in what ways has the anti-gay propaganda law been implemented? after extensive research an overall trend can be seen. The main reason for the anti gay propaganda law to be passed was in order to strengthen Putinsism after Putins re-election. This can be examined by using Developmentalism, The ROC, a Russian national identity and media within Russia. This thesis therefore then asks the question if the LGBTQ+ community was only a victim of power politics or were specifically targeted with homophobic legislation.

Anti-Gay Propaganda law

Russia

Developmentalism

Putinism

Author

Ryssel, Gereon

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Eurasia Russia

Supervisors

Skalamera, Morena

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en