The Rocketman singer shared a photograph of his family with the caption 'censored' written across it.
"I find duplicity in your comment that you want LGBT people to 'be happy' and that 'we have no problem in that'.
"Yet Russian distributors chose to heavily censor my film Rocketman by removing all references to my finding true happiness through my 25 year relationship with David and the raising of my two beautiful sons."Russian censors also cut gay sex scenes from the musical biopic, with an estimated five minutes of footage reportedly removed.
Writing on Twitter on Friday, Sir Elton said he was"proud" and"grateful" to live in a country where gay marriage has been legalised. He included a photograph of his family with the caption"censored" written across it and used the hashtags #LOVEISLOVE and #WORLDPRIDE. The Russian president had said he would be willing to meet Sir Elton in 2015, but the pair did not meet when the singer performed in Moscow the following year.
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