Russia Bans ‘International LGBT Movement’

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Nov. 30, 2023

An LGBT demonstration in St. Petersburg in 2014. Alek Naza (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday approved a ban on what authorities call an “international LGBT public movement,” the independent Mediazona news outlet reported, a move that activists warn could effectively put all LGBT Russians at risk of criminal prosecution.

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Source: www.themoscowtimes.com

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