People are not being arrested for being gay in the US anymore. Violence against gays is overwhelmingly committed by private individuals. This might change under Trump, let’s hope he fails, but he’s not in office yet.

Again, you’re totally off the mark here. The situation is so different between the two countries that bringing up America makes no sense.

But what about America.

This has to be one of the more ridiculous examples of whataboutism. And yes, they do kill gays in Russia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-gay_purges_in_Chechnya