"Those who walked through the Ukrainized version of Donbas understand well what we are fighting for. These guys who saw bathrooms in schools, where instead of two rooms - for girls and boys - there are three rooms - for girls, boys, and gender-neutral people, do not need to explain what values we defend," Beglov wrote on Telegram after meeting with wounded Russian troops.Earlier, protecting children from Western influence was repeatedly mentioned by Russian politicians as a justification for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In September 2022, Vladimir Putin devoted part of his speech to accusations against Western countries where children are allegedly "imposed with perversions." Meanwhile, St. Petersburg deputy Boris Vishnevsky reminded, "according to Rosstat data, a quarter of Russians do not have centralized sewage systems, using cesspools and septic tanks."
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