Russia Says The IOC Doesn't Know What It's Talking About

After Russia passed legislation banning "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations" last month, the International Olympic Committee came out and assured everyone that no one attending the games would be targeted. Well, sports minister Vitaly Mutko told Russian paper Ria Novosti that's not true:

"No one is forbidding an athlete with non-traditional sexual orientation from coming to Sochi, but if he goes onto the street and starts propagandizing it, then of course he will be held accountable." 

So thanks for the clarification, Vito. You can be gay, you're just going to be held accountable to their interpretation of what "propaganda" is.
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