what a buffoon
The point is, some people's cultural and religious sensibilities cause them to get offended by the mere presence of a certain type of food-stuff and the authorities respond by punishing the perpetrator, on the grounds that they knowingly caused offence.
Some people's (in this case Russians) cultural and religious sensibilities lead to them getting offended by the presence of a a heemasex who also knowingly caused offence (by publically advertising their sexual orientation). The authorities respond in a similar way to the above scenario and yet on this occasion the authorities are condemned as bigoted and authoritarian.