Russian lawmaker tells Stephen Fry: ‘Gay teens pretend to be bullied’

 Stephen Fry arrived in Russia on Tuesday to film footage for “Out There”, a two-part documentary on the life of gay people around the world.
He Tweeted about the experience, revealing that he had spoken to young gay Russians about the homophobia they experienced in their socially conservative country and expressing his fears that life for them could become worse:
He then interviewed Vitaly Milonov, the author of St Petersburg’s anti-”homosexual propaganda” bill which imposes heavy sanctions on anyone seen as publicly promoting homosexuality to minors.
After the interview Fry Tweeted that he and Mr Milonov had been “going at it hammer and tongs”, and said their debate had included topics such as the bullying of LGBT youth.
Mr Milonov did not believe LGBT teens were tormented for their identity and claimed that teens pretended to be bullied in order to “indoctrinate” other youth.
He also claimed that liberalism had “destroyed” Britain by promoting gay rights.
After the interview Fry became concerned that he might have “created an international incident by looking at pic of Putin & observing to the press that he looks like Dobby the House Elf [of the Harry Potter fame].”
On Thursday Fry left Russia, commenting: “I shall always love Russia and hope that its youth will not allow the toxic mix of nationalism and religious zealotry to destroy her.”