“Any violation of the legislation on gay propaganda should entail appropriate measures,” RIA Novosti quotes the metropolitan. 

According to him, the Russian Orthodox Church always emphasizes that "the propaganda of unnatural vices causes irreparable harm to people, especially children and youth."

On November 17, the Basmanny Court of Moscow fined the MUZ-TV channel for 1 million rubles under the article on promoting LGBT people among minors.

Earlier, Roskomnadzor drew up two administrative protocols against MUZ-TV under the article on LGBT propaganda among minors during the broadcast of the TV channel's award.