A logo of Russian food retailer VkusVill is seen on a store in Moscow, Russia July 5, 2021. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A high-end Russian food retailer has angered both gay rights campaigners and opponents by running and then apologising for an ad that included a profile of a family in which a mother and her adult daughter both have female partners.
A 2013 Russian law, decried by Western countries as state-enforced bigotry, bans the "promotion of non-traditional sexual relations to minors". Many politicians from the ruling party are stridently anti-gay.
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