The former Prison Break star, 41, went public with the news in a letter to Petersburg International Film Festival director Maria
Averbakh, who had invited him to attend.
According to the message, which was posted on GLAAD's website Wednesday, Miller thanked Averbakh for the "kind invitation" but turned it down because, "As a gay man … I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian government."
Added the actor: "The situation is in no way acceptable, and I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly. … If circumstances improve," I'll be free to make a different choice."
Miller [who played Micheal Scoffield] has a role in an upcoming thriller "The Loft" which will be released next year...
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