18.09 Renowned Polish Director Casts Doubt on Russia�s Gay Law

MOSCOW, September 18 (RIA Novosti) � Award-winning Polish film director Krzysztof Zanussi voiced doubts this week that Russia�s legislative attempts to restrict minors� access to information about homosexuality would yield the desired results.

�To prohibit is always something that [the] state tries to do and the result is often counterproductive. Look at alcohol. Alcohol is so bad for us. But there were efforts to make alcohol illegal. They didn�t work,� Zanussi told RIA Novosti on the sidelines of an international, Kremlin-backed forum about Russia�s role in the modern world, taking place Monday through Thursday in the northwestern Novgorod Region.