<p>Wannabe printial ndidate Ivan Okhlobyst tells Novosibirsk dience that gay people should be burned alive</p>
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RSIAN ACTOR IVAN OKHLOBYST: ‘I WOULD PUT ALL THE GAYS ALIVE INTO AN OVEN’
A Rsian actor bt known for announcg a n for his untry's princy two years ago has stated that he would like to put all gay people " the oven" Okhlobyst, a popular star wh fiercely nservative views, told an dience the Siberian cy of Novosibirsk that all homosexuals should be burned alive. Acrdg to the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, ments translated by the Hollywood Reporter, Okhlobyst also pared homosexualy wh fascism. "I would put all the gays alive to an oven, " the one-time Orthodox prit has been quoted as sayg.
"Rsian gay groups nmned the ments. Mosw-based activist Nikolay Alexeyev told rad statn RSN that Okhlobyst's remarks amounted to cement of hatred towards homosexuals and uld see the actor banned om "civilised untri".
He said: "Lately, [Rsian] public figur have gone out of their way, petg wh each other their homophobia. "Rsia has troduced strgent laws banng the exposure of "gay propaganda" to mors. In November, the Palme D'Or-wng director G van Sant travelled to St Petersburg's Bok o Bok (Si by Si) film ftival to show his support for the gay muny after the event was targeted by Rsia's anti-gay mpaigners.