Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent his condolences to those affected by the Orlando massacre.
At least 49 people were killed and 53 were injured in the shooting at the pulse gay club in Orlando over the weekend.
With more than a hundred now confirmed dead or injured, the shooting is the worst in American history.
A number of world leaders have expressed condolences, from the Queen to Canadian PM Justin Trudeau – as well as the United Nations Security Council, Germany’s Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande, and South Africa’s Jacob Zuma.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has also expressed his condolences in a telegram to President Obama – perhaps surprisingly, given the shooting took place in a gay club.
It was confirmed: “In a telegram with condolences, the head of the Russian state stressed that Russia shares pain and sorrow of those who lost their near and dear ones as a result of this barbaric crime and hopes for a speedy recovery of those wounded.”
In his own speech,Putin said
“The problem of sexual minorities in Russia has been deliberately exaggerated from the outside for political reasons, I believe, without any good basis.
“People of non-traditional sexual orientation work, they live in peace, they get promoted, they get state awards for their achievements in science and arts or other areas. I personally have awarded them medals, but we have a ban on gay propaganda. I don’t see anything un-democratic in that.”
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