article_snippet.sent: But it is at odds with Russia's view on LGBT rights, which have become increasingly restrictive during Vladimir Putin's presidency.
article_snippet.sent: But while the U.S. may be becoming more inclusive, Russia has recently been putting in place more repressive laws as the Russian government becomes increasingly anti LGBT rights .
article_snippet.sent: Differing views: Putin (left) and Clinton (right) are on other sides of the divide when it comes to LGBT rights - with the former First Lady being a staunch supporter of equality .
article_snippet.sent: But it is not just the U.S. and Russia as countries which are at odds with each other: Putin and Clinton hold very differing views personally as well.
article_snippet.sent: Speaking in 2014, Putin claimed there was a need to 'clean up' homosexuality in Russian order to drive up the country's birth rate, and defended the country's right to pass such a law.
article_snippet.sent: The Russian leader - who claims he has gay friends - has gone as far as to link gay people to pedophiles in the past.
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, the same year Putin signed the gay propaganda law into being, Secretary of State Clinton had publicly come out in support of gay marriage. '