Russian Anti-gay laws and violence, and the Olympic (Winter) Games.

[HoreTore]

I don't need to research anything. The evidence presented so far is rather wanting. One guy dead, a few guys beaten up by local drunks and a few people on the internet claiming how they're being repressed and of course the ever present Internet Tough Guys ready to rape pillage and burn...
Yeah, perfect reasons for the athletes all over the world to cripple their sports careers over some unsubstantiated hearsay.

If you follow the first link in the link I provided, you'll get the VK-profile of a guy with plenty of videos depicting various forms of torture. Completely open, and none of them are prosecuted for their actions.

If that's not a hostile enviroment, I'm not sure what your standards are. Is everything below Auswitchz a-okay?

Another linky:

http://www.towleroad.com/2013/07/wat...ens-video.html

....And one with english subtitles in this article:

http://www.vocativ.com/07-2013/russi...ch-a-predator/