Russia halts Student Exchange program due to LGBT Bigotry. Student ended up in LGBT household

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http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-bans-foreign-exchange-students-from-us-2014-10

Russia Just Banned Foreign Exchange Students From Studying In The US — And They’re Not Happy

Russia's past, present, and prospective participants in a popular U.S.-funded student exchange are lamenting their government's decision to halt its participation in the decades-old program amid Moscow's standoff with the West over the Ukraine crisis.
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Moscow's Explanation

Russia's child-protection ombudsman said on October 1 that a same-sex American couple established guardianship over a Russian high school student who was in the United States on an exchange program. Pavel Astakhov said the alleged incident was one reason for Russia's decision to scrap the 21-year-old FLEX program.

More at above link

[RKP5637]

1. This, is absolutely incredible. TPTB in Russia seem entirely intent on taking Russia back to the

good old days with Putin as the Emperor.

[stevenleser]

2. It's a triple win for Putin and his regime as far as they are concerned

#1 - A thumb in the eye of the US by refusing to send their kids to us

#2 - Their young people do not get to see Americans and understand us better (and consequently develop relationships and a liking for us)

#3 - Once again they play the game of appealing to their right wing religious folks by attacking teh gay.

[RKP5637]

3. It's often as if Putin is trying to ignite a cold war. Of course, he's playing rule one in

establishing a dictatorship, find a target and then persecute that target creating bonding with the populace by hatred of that target, then link that bonding to other dictatorial goals. So common with dictators over the eons. He's got the old playbook out!

[stevenleser]

4. It definitely is an old playbook and a fascist/rightwing one.

Which is why he has a huge fanbase among a certain sector of the right here in the US.

[reorg]

5. wait a second, ABC is reporting it differently

Russia said Wednesday it had halted the program after one of its students had failed to return home. The move comes amid serious strains in U.S.-Russian ties over Russia's actions in Ukraine.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/russia-halts-student-exchange-program-us-25895844

And this "Business Insider" piece mentions in its very last sentence (after whining for about 30 paragraphs about something else)

... that the U.S. side had violated its obligation to return Russian students to their country when "a Russian teen stayed behind in the United States."

So, is it really true that these Russian high school students in the US are able to choose on their own and without their parents' permission to be adopted and stay in the US?

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6. The claim is not verified, that's probably why Business Insider doesn't give it much space.

And it's tied to the "Same sex/homosexual couple" canard.

[Behind the Aegis]

7. No surprises.

I am surprised there aren't more trying to spin this.