vigil in st petersburg the group helps gay men and women face the challenges of coming out in russia yulia welcome to the day you know the report we just saw there that i think that's the first report we've been able to find some things in this week that we've actually been able to laugh with all this week you know we've heard different stories about being gay and lesbian in russia but but they also seem to have a sense of gloom and doom in them because of what is happening in putin's russia and also because of the rejection that these people face at home is it really as bad as it seems and is it getting worse. hi there. thank you. bill and i'm a wife kind of a difficult question because. of at the moment you can all all want to have any boy i don't know if they can but i think that life begins in that. way. i'm thinking about on the law i think in the mean time if i'm actually but for some people. well talk to me a little bit about your organization mean you're there to help men and women who are trying to come out and try to lives openly with their sexuality has your work has it become more dang

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yulia. gets to live it up with other. welcome back to crossfire all things considered to mind you were discussing u.s. russia relations. ok ed i want to go back to before we went to the regular toughing about. western perceptions global perceptions of president trump's. decertification or the move to sort of the iran nuclear deal go ahead and remember this is easier said well whenever the republican party in congress is not just a trump thing but the point is that here we have a completely different lineup i mean as it would be seen i think in western european capitals as well as in beijing and moscow all of responsible powers working together for a reasonable international agreement and to avoid yet another potentially disastrous conflict in the middle east against a roll of the wild out. the united states or at least the republican party of the you know it's global perceptions of the united states as well i mean if you look at the syrian issue of course people are all over the place we have you know iran and turkey israel and turkey still quasi allies with their own policies in america with its policy in russia with