“Just like with the coronavirus pandemic one can't escape [non-traditional values coming from abroad]. We need to look for an antidote. If one thinks that a man and a woman is the same thing¸ let them think so, but there has to be common sense in everything", Putin said.
"Imagine a man declares that he is a woman and starts competing in weightlifitng. This will destroy women's professional sports. I am a proponent of the traditional approach that a woman is a woman and a man is a man", Putin said.
"'Parent number one' and 'parent number two': 'birth parent' instead of 'mother', banning the use of the phrase 'breast milk' and replacing it with 'human milk' so that people who are insecure about their gender will not be upset. Children today from a young age are taught that a boy can easily become a girl and vice versa, factually imposing on them an alleged choice, removing the parents from this process and forcing a child to make a decision that could break his/her life", Putin said.