Russia officially bans same-sex marriage

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East Germany actually legalised gay sex before West Germany.

Didn't they scrap the death penalty first as well?

No, East Germany abolished it in 1987 (last execution in 1981). West Germany abolished it in 1949 (that is, it was banned from the beginning).

Fun fact: The German state of Hesse abolished the death penalty only in 2018 via ballot measure. However, it had never been applicable as federal law overrides state law according to Article 31 of the German Basic Law.

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For some reason, i think Estonia and Poland will someday adopt it too. Czech Republic is probably the first to pass it, followed by Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland and Estonia I think (which order is left to debate). Poland might be a hot take, but if they go the Estonia direction, it might happen but it won't be tomorrow.

Seriously, what prompts you to think that Poland will ever pass a bill legalizing SSM?
Even former President, labor union leader (!), and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (lol) Lech Wałęsa contemplated back in 2013 banishing homosexual parliamentarians to the backbenches and, to top it all off, even brick them in...