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American figure skater Ashley Wagner has condemned Russia's anti-gay laws ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, which begin in February.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Ashley Wagner, US National Champion 2013
"I've been given this opportunity where I have a lot of access to media and people can hear my voice and I just think that for me, I feel that if I can even just say that I don't support it and that I think it's horrible the treatment that LGBT community gets in Russia, I feel that that's at least doing something. At the same time, it's not my place to go into Russia and change the entire country. I can't personally do that. But who knows, whatever happens in Russia, I would love to be able to dedicate something to the LGBT community."