Lady Gaga has blasted Russia's anti-gay leader Vladimir Putin, telling Inquirer that she can't understand people who use their power for evil.

"I am irate with people who are cruel," Gaga said when asked what upsets her most. "One of the people I think about most often is Vladimir Putin. I don't understand people who use their voice for evil. I watch society today — people bitching and moaning at each other over the Internet. It feels stupid, unimportant and shallow, totally missing the point."

Back in 2013, the Russian government unanimously passed a law prohibiting "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations" among minors, which made it illegal to speak about homosexuality in public, and fuelled homophobia. Later that year, Putin signed a law banning the adoption of children by same-sex parents.

Watch: Lady Gaga speaks on gay rights in Moscow

In 2012, Lady Gaga was threatened with arrest if she spoke about the LGBT community at her Born This Way concerts in Moscow and St. Peteresburg. However, she dedicated a significant portion of both shows to speeches about equality and human rights, telling the crowd, "When they said that when you go to Russia, they may arrest you. I said 'Arrest me, I don't give a f--k what people say!' If you are willing to give it all up for your freedom would you cuff yourself, Russia?"

In a recent interview with CBS, Putin claimed that the gay community experiences "no persecution at all" in Russia.