Has anyone bothered to look into this further and traced the article it to the original source.....

Is this a wind up ?

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Nyet.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30735673

Ah, well done Jingthing indeed original source is BBC Russia and now dig further....

And Other 'Deviants' From Driving

Wow, they might just ban Putin....

don't need to ban Putin himself, as he has a supply of cute men drivers to make the earth move for him

Must be someone that really hates people who are different that managed to write this new law.

It would have been an April fools day joke anywhere else.

Must be someone that really hates people who are different that managed to write this new law.

It would have been an April fools day joke anywhere else.

It's a way to divert attention of the masses away from economic problems because they might wake up and revolt against the regime.

These groups were already widely hated in Russia ... this is just a political capitalization of that.

Je suis un transsexuel Russe !

Really? PM me.

I know this is a serious issue, but this is just so ridiculous I can't stop myself from laughing at these homophobic fools.

How can any country expect to make policy like this and not be ridiculed in the international community?

There are backward countries where I might expect this, but Russia is theoretically a world power / leader. At least they try to position themselves that way... In fact, they are sliding backwards in human rights and taking an international stance of stupidity, arrogance and aggression.

Kind of scary, actually.

Hitler had the same type biases, anyone else see the correlations? Blame the bad economy on them.

Russia bans transgender people and other 'deviants' from driving

... while the top 'deviant' of this sorry country gets chauffeured around to wherever he wants to be...not fair, they need another revolution!

Hitler had the same type biases, anyone else see the correlations? Blame the bad economy on them.

The Putin people suggest it's the west that are the fascists.

Im not sure if its true but I was told that Russia has a real population problem and need

more people to keep the country intact.

The government knows this and is doing anything it can to discourage people from being

gay so people will make more babies.

A Russian Gay man told me and my Gf this.

It is a pity that brain damage is not included in the ban. That would keep a few high level Russians off the street

Hold on ... is Putin taller than 4 feet 11" ?

With his 70s platform shoes.

The Russkies are doubling down on the scapegoating.

Big problems there of their own creation.

Time to blame the west and their own that are perceived to be different.

Scapegoating would mean there was some type of thinking or strategy involved, this is mindless. They must have some pretty powerful gay-dar to detect a transgender person is behind the wheel. Such an advanced nation

The author of this legislation...Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev...will personally and privately interview each applicant for a driver's license to determine their sexual orientation...

Dmitry is rumored to have ordered thousands of pills of Viagra...to carryout this daunting task...

Wow...looks like Bernie Ecclestone will not be driving himself around at the next Russian Grand Prix !!!

Full op ladyboys are double damned,

Sexual disorder + amputees!

Must be someone that really hates people who are different that managed to write this new law.

It would have been an April fools day joke anywhere else.

The law is not new. it's from 1992. It's the interpretation and arbitrary implementation of this law and the usual exaggeration of reports that is leading to these assumptions.

The wig might spin around and cause an accident!

Must be someone that really hates people who are different that managed to write this new law.

It would have been an April fools day joke anywhere else.

The law is not new. it's from 1992. It's the interpretation and arbitrary implementation of this law and the usual exaggeration of reports that is leading to these assumptions.

It's a new decree and it is bigoted.

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If Putin wishes to cut down on accidents, he might want to get drunks off the road, but that wouldn't be a very popular move in Russia.

Maybe they should go the Saudi route and ban women.

Well, the population of ladyboy's in Pattaya and Phuket should about double this year. TAT will jump all over this soon.

Hold on ... is Putin taller than 4 feet 11" ?

Met him face to face in the Intercontinental Hotel Bangkok in the lift. It was the APEC summit. His 2 bodyguards filled the lift and he looked extremely small at that moment.

I waited for the next lift...

Has anyone bothered to look into this further and traced the article it to the original source.....

Fox News???

"Those Russians were singled out along with people shorter than 150 cm (4-foot-11) and amputees."

Why not force them to wear pink ribbons in public... oh that's been tried already...

Seems like Ivan may have been getting his knickers twisted around the gear stick, an obvious road hazard, or his bra caught in the wiper blades, very dangerous when wearing high heels.

Everyday it seems Russia is taking one more step back into barbarism.

. Russia is trying to Compete with the Muslims... Attention Deficit

What, there's not enough going on locally and internationally for them? The witch hunt is over guys, it's time to turn the page.

It's a new decree and it is bigoted.

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According to Mashable - some internet blog - very reliable source