Miss Universe 2012 Olivia CulpoMiss Universe Organization, which is holding its 2013 pageant in Moscow in Nov. 9, is snagged in the push-back against Russia’s controversial law to ban “gay propaganda.”

MUO released a statement Aug. 20, saying it’s “deeply concerned” with the measure” as well of the “violence experienced by the LGBT community in Russia.”

The law is “diametrically opposed to the core values of our company,” which is a joint venture between NBC and Donald Trump.

The show, however, will go on in the hope that the competition in Moscow “will help foster a common understanding and appreciation of the rights of all individuals, regardless of their nationality, race, religion or sexual orientation.”

MUO is working with its Moscow hosts to “ensure the security and well-being of those traveling to Russia for the pageant.”

Bravo’s Andy Cohen, host of the pageant, announced Aug. 15 that he wasn’t going to Russia because the new law makes the country unsafe.

He noted that Russian authorities can now arrest anyone suspected of being homosexual.

Russia’s anti-gay law was a hot topic in the just concluded world track and field championships that were held in Moscow.

That competition featured American 800-meter silver medalist Nick Symmonds blasting the anti-gay law.

“I believe that all humans deserve equality as however God made them,” he said in Moscow.  “Whether you're gay, straight, black, white, we all deserve the same rights. If there's anything I can do to champion the cause and further it, I will, shy of getting arrested."

The gay law casts a large cloud over preparations for the 2014 Sochi Olympics.