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Russian deputy prime minister writing a letter to the international olympic committee about this. and it is -- i'm just going to go through a couple of the lines. it is breathtakingly absurd. he said these legislations, meaning the anti-gay laws, apply equally to all persons irrespective of their race, gender and cannot be regarded as discrimination, based on sexual orientation. so in his head, because it is illegal to say anything positive about gay or straight people, then that is not discrimination, no one can say it. >> it is utterly preposterous. and the excuses they are giving are ridicu...

>> good. >> a bit of an exchange here that occurred today with the russian deputy prime minister writing a letter to the international olympic committee about this. and it is -- i'm just going to go through a couple of the lines. it is breathtaking ly absurd. he said these legislations, meaning the anti-gay laws, apply equally to all persons irrespective of their race, gender and cannot be regarded as discrimination, based on sexual orientation. so in his head, because it is illegal to say anything positive about gay or straight people, then that is not discrimination, no one can say it. >> it...