Did Antigay U.S. Hate Group Violate Sanctions Against Russia?

Two officials at the so-called World Congress of Families, a radical group dedicated to spreading homophobia that has been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, may have run afoul of U.S. law, possibly violating American sanctions against Russia.

The Human Rights Campaign has asked the U.S. Treasury Department to investigate whether World Congress of Families officials improperly collaborated with Russian lawmakers who are on the department's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list. The Department of the Treasury enforces sanctions imposed by the Obama administration against high-ranking Russian officials close to President Vladimir Putin in response to Russia's involvement in the conflict in Ukraine.

At issue are the group's collaborations with two Russians whose names appear on the Treasury Department's sanctions list. Yelena Mizulina is a state legislator and the woman credited with authoring Russia's nationwide ban on so-called gay propaganda, while Russian rail magnate Vladimir Yakunin is a close adviser to Putin.

"Two members of WCF’s leadership, Larry Jacobs and Don Feder, are listed on the seven-member organizing committee for an event this week in Moscow titled 'Large Families — the Future of Humanity,' and both have confirmed they’re traveling to Russia to participate in the event," wrote HRC government affairs director David Stacy in a letter to the Treasury's Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control.

http://www.advocate.com/world/2014/09/11/did-antigay-us-hate-group-violate-sanctions-against-russia

Read up on Yelena Mizulina, she's like Michele Bachmann on crack. Her ideology is the one the right wants all around the globe.