NEW YORK — Lawmakers in St. Petersburg today officially adopted a bill that would impose fines of up to $16,700 for the “promotion of homosexuality.”

The bill, if signed in to law by the City Governor in the next 14 days, will criminalize reading, writing, speaking or reporting on anything related to LGBT people.

Pride parades, literature, theater or NGOs that openly serve LGBT people will be criminalized, and pushed underground. Several ruling party's officials have also voiced their interest to push the law nationwide.