*** If a closet gay manages to worm his way up, Russia could go gay-gay overnight when Putin croaks. ***
Russian Laws on homosexuals/homosexual propaganda / homosexual proselytizing/ are on the books whether Putin is around or not.
Ever read the process one must undergo if one desires sex change surgery in Russia? Very stringent.
If an autocrat throne exists that can do whatever it wants to do with the books, then the books are figureheads.