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A hilarious Canadian advert has hit back at Russian's stance on homosexuals by claiming "The Winter Olympics Games have always been a little bit gay."

The clip, from the Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion, shows two lycra-clad men in very close proximity at the start of a luge run.

Their over-exaggerated pelvic thrusting is depicted with the Human League's Don't You Want Me over the top.

"The Games have always been a little gay," it states. "Let's fight to keep them that way."

Despite the cheeky nature of the video, it has a much more serious point.

Russian president Vladimir Putin has drawn widespread criticism for his attitude towards gay rights in his country, and, as shown in this video, other nations are now beginning to take a stand against him.

Putin's archaic views are not alone - the mayor of Sochi, Anatoly Pakhomov, recently sensationally claimed that "there are no gay people" in the his city. But our colleagues at Ampp3d have crunched the numbers and think he is wrong.