It is much worse than Mississippi where I grew up 40 years ago I think!!!!!!!!i dated a Russian guy once and he has told me the same thing. it's really strict in Russia. of course we weren't in Russia when we met he had visited my country for vacation. later on i understood why he was still on grindr looking for other guys while he was dating me, he was too afraid to do it in Russia so he wouldn't lose any chance meeting any gay guy in my country. what an asshole. i never met him again. we're still friends on fb