Putin is pretty shitty about all homosexuality - see the Pussy Riot debacle. Fucked up.I'm not a big fan of pda in general, I do find it that the community is more open to see girl/girl kiss than boy/boy kiss. Correct me if I'm wrong but I remember reading about the whole Russia gay thing and that Putin or whoever was mostly discriminating against gay men rather than lesbians...
There's definitely less of a stigma in western countries concerning lesbians, but I think that ends up contributing to the false idea that lesbians/bisexuals are only engaging in girl on girl sex/kissing for fun. People don't want to accept the emotional attachments felt between these people. Guys get so excited if I kiss a girl at a party, but if I were to walk down the street holding hands with her, they'd scoff.
I should probably specify that I'm bi, so I've personally experienced judgement for either type of PDA.
