The Russia bashing has backfired.

[Bluenorthwest]

19. Not the Onion, Russian Embassy Compares Its Nation's Homophobia to U.K. 'Ginger' Hate

Officials with the Russian embassy in London are none too pleased about a recent documentary on Britain's Channel 4 that exposed violent antigay vigilante groups operating with near impunity in several major Russian cities.

In response, the embassy issued a statement blasting the documentary as "hate propaganda" and arguing that "one could have easily whipped up such 'documentary' about a hunting season on redheads in the UK saying that 'ginger' people face unmotivated verbal and physical abuse on a daily basis," according to The Telegraph. The embassy's statement made no mention of the U.K.'s arguably most famous redhead, Prince Harry.

The documentary, called Hunted, is part of a "well-engineered campaign of slander," intentionally timed to cast a shadow over the Winter Olympics currently taking place in Sochi, Russia, claims the embassy's statement. Embassy officials contend that the 50-minute film, which records brutal antigay assaults by members of the well-known Russian vigilante group Occupy Pedophilia, is "full of distorted facts and unverifiable allegations."
http://www.advocate.com/world/2014/02/12/russian-embassy-compares-its-nations-homophobia-uk-ginger-hate