F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone: I ‘completely agree’ with Putin’s position on gay rights
Bernie Ecclestone says he “completely agrees” with Vladimir Putin’s stance on gay rights.
In a CNN interview the British F1 magnate defended the Russian leader for supporting laws against gay ‘propaganda’.
The 83-year old said: “He [Putin] hasn’t said he doesn’t agree [with homosexuality] just that he doesn’t want these things publicised to an audience under the age of 18. I completely agree with those sentiments and if you took a world census you’d find 90% of the world agree with it as well.”
Ecclestone went on to say: “I’ve great admiration for him and his courage to say what he says…[It] may upset a few people but that’s how the world is. It’s how he sees [the world] and I think he’s completely right.”
Ecclestone last met with President Putin in February 2013, when he flew to Sochi to assess construction progress ahead of Russia’s debut grand prix.
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