Berlusconi would not have been tried if gay: Putin

VALDAI, RUSSIA, Sept 20:  Russian President Vladimir Putin rallied behind his old friend Silvio Berlusconi yesterday, saying the former Italian prime minister would not have faced trial for having sex with a minor if he were gay. “Berlusconi is being tried because he lives with women. If he were homosexual, no one would lift a finger against him,” he told a gathering of journalists and Russia experts. (agencies)