New York – Pop singer Elton John said Thursday he still wants to talk with Vladimir Putin of gay rights in Russia, after being the victim a prank call from a man who posed as Russian president.
“The jokes are funny, but homophobia is never funny,” wrote the British on his Instagram account with a photograph of a bloodied man, apparently the victim of a homophobic attack.
The artist and fervent defender of gay rights released Monday a portrait of Vladimir Putin in the social network, thanking the Russian President for having talked to him by phone. Then the Kremlin denied that Putin had contacted Elton John.
A usurper, Vladimir Krasnov, confided later be called Elton John posing as Russian president. The singer had previously expressed its willingness to join with him Putin to address the rights of homosexuals in Russia.
Elton John finally broke his silence after the joke and wrote on Instagram that fight “always to defend the denigrated and discriminated against. ” “If this unfortunate incident helps put on the table this essential question, I am happy to have fallen into the trap this time,” he said.
The author of the joke, posing as Vovan said Wednesday AFP that Elton John had been “very happy (for a call), saying he had lit his day and that was a miracle.” Russia adopted a law in 2013 that fine and imprisonment condemns all acts of homosexual “propaganda” to minors.
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