" Organisers of the 2018 World Cup in Russia have confirmed that they will tolerate fans flying rainbow flags Melvin Gordon Hoodie , despite laws prohibiting “propaganda” of homosexuality to minors in the country.
Former Chelsea midfielder Alexei Smertin, who is an ambassador for the World Cup in his home country and a Russian Football Union official, confirmed there would be no restrictions on fans “expressing feelings”.
“There will definitely be no ban on wearing rainbow symbols in Russia,” Smertin said at a news conference in Moscow on Thursday to discuss race and discrimination issues in football. “It’s clear you can come here and not be fined for expressing feelings.”
He also added it is unlikely that gay fans would fall foul of the Russian laws on homosexuality as the law is only aimed towards children.
The law is about propaganda to minors ... I can’t imagine that anyone is going to go into a school and speak,” he added.
Homosexuality was illegal in Russia until 1993 when it was decriminalised but there still remains a strong anti-gay feeling in the country.
The federal law against “propaganda” of homosexuality to minors was passed in 2013 and the country has been widely criticised for banning gay pride events and the discussions of gay rights in public areas where children may be present.
Prior to hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, president Vladimir Putin told gay people they would be welcome to the country as long as they would “leave the children in peace”.(Agencies)
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BEIJING Philip Rivers Hoodie , Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer inflation picked up in August, driven by higher food prices, while the factory-gate prices also rose, fueled by rising commodity costs.
Consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, accelerated more than expected to a seven-month high of 1.8 percent in August Easton Stick Hoodie , up from July's 1.4 percent, beating market expectation of 1.6 percent, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Saturday.
For the first eight months of the year, CPI climbed 1.5 percent from one year earlier.
The stronger, yet still moderate, inflation remained well below the government's annual inflation regulation target of around 3 percent for 2017.
NBS chief statistician Sheng Guoqing attributed the faster CPI growth to higher food prices as adverse weather pushed up vegetable prices while falling output led to sharp growth in egg prices.
Food prices, the biggest component of the CPI, were up 1.2 percent month on month, NBS said.
Vegetable prices rose 8.5 percent from July as scorching summer and widespread heavy rains increased transportation costs. Egg prices climbed 13.5 percent from July while the prices of pork, a staple meat in China, rose 1.3 percent month on month.
Year on year Nasir Adderley Hoodie , food prices edged down 0.2 percent in August, while non-food prices gained 2.3 percent.
Excluding volatile food and energy prices, the core CPI increased 2.2 percent year on year in August, up slightly from July's 2.1 percent. The core CPI has been holding steady at a little above 2 percent since March.
Analysts said the pick-up in consumer inflation is unlikely to continue because of a high comparative base in September 2016 and the fading effects of seasonal factors during the rest of the year.
Jiang Chao, chief economist at Haitong Securities, said the CPI increase would ease to 1.6 percent in September and remain subdued for the whole year.
Producer price index (PPI) Jerry Tillery Hoodie , which measures costs of goods at the factory gate, rose to a four-month high of 6.3 percent in August, compared with 5.5 percent in July, according to NBS.
PPI growth, which was higher than the market forecast of 5.7 percent, was boosted by increases in the prices of steel Forrest Lamp Shirt , non-ferrous metals, as well as oil and natural gas.
On a month-on-month basis, the index was up 0.9 percent last month.
Producer prices accelerated upward, a significant positive sign for China's economy, which will help drive profits higher and enable companies to process their debt burden a little more easily, Bloomberg chief Asia economist Tom Orlik said.
However Dan Fouts Shirt , Orlik said factory sector reflation remained vulnerable. The sector breakdown showed factory reflation was benefiting mainly upstream industries, with downstream industries squeezed.
PPI grew 6.4 percent year on year for January-August, unchanged from that in the first seven months.
Orlik expected the central bank to continue dealing with the deleveraging challenge, not to hasten monetary easing.
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