Downtown Vancouver: Maxim Zhurelev

Maxim Zhurelev: Maxim Zhurelev is staying at a homeless shelter in downtown Vancouver, but says the conditions are far safer than what he faced in Russia. , according to Huffington Post. "It is considered an honour for a Russian to harm or even kill a gay person. They will be honoured by society and tell everyone, 'I killed a gay person.' Everyone basically will be proud of that." A gay refugee claimant living in Vancouver says he fled to Canada from his native Russia to escape being persecuted for his sexual orientation. "I feel that I'm protected. I feel that I can be myself. I don't have be worried about violence," Zhurelev told CBC News. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.