Gayrope

Gayrope (, portmanteau of "gay" and "Europe") is a derogatory term used in Russia (including Russian state-owned media) and occasionally in other post-Soviet states, referencing European civilization (as a part of wider Western civilization) as opposed to the more conservative Russian civilization. Initially, it only referenced Europe as a place where LGBT is dominating (which was seen in a negative context, given that Russia is one of the most LGBT-unfriendly nations in the world), but later it grew to mean the decay of European civilization in general, while Russia keeps the traditional values.

== History == In the beginning of 2000s, Russia–European Union relations were full of optimism, but after a sequence of colour revolutions in post-Soviet states (the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, the Rose Revolution in Georgia and the Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan), those relations started to deteriorate. According to the political scientist Andrew Foxall, it started during the second term of Vladimir Putin in the presidential office (2004—2008) and significantly strengthened during his third term (2012—2018). In the 2010s the feeling of clash of two civilizations strengthened, and promoting freedom of homosexuality in Russia by the West was seen as symbol of the western cultural imperialism and one of the aspects of this confrontation.