Russian President Putin on gays at the Sochi Olympics: "Leave children alone please"

President Putin of Russia says gay Olympians have nothing to fear when attending the Sochi Olympics as long as they leave children alone.

"We don't have a ban on non-traditional sexual relations between people," Putin told a group of volunteers who will be working at the Games.

"We have a ban on the propaganda of homosexuality and paedophilia," Putin said in televised comments from host city Sochi, with three weeks to go until the event.

"We don't ban anything and we won't arrest anyone," he said. "Therefore you can feel calm, relaxed. But leave children alone please."

Ironically, uniforms for volunteers for the Games have been designed with a rainbow theme. When asked by a volunteer if the rainbow might breach the "gay propaganda" law, Putin responded by saying he didn't design the uniforms.

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