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Gay bars and a gay sauna were raided by police less than two days after the country’s supreme court declared the “international LGBT social movement” to be an “extremist” element.
The move effectively eliminates LGBTQ+ support networks and signals a larger crackdown on the country's already vulnerable queer community.
Will Putin use a kangaroo court ruling to institute a crackdown and mass arrests?
The judge handed down a harsh sentence for Alexandra Skochilenko, who switched out price tags with antiwar messages in a supermarket protest last year.
The move is a further escalation of attacks on the LGBTQ+ community in Russia under President Vladimir Putin.
Johnson, now House speaker, has been on the board of anti-LGBTQ+ activist Ray Comfort's Living Waters ministry since 2013.
Alexandra Skochilenko switched out price tags with anti-war messages in a supermarket protest last year.
The company had earlier been fined for not restricting access to films like Brigit Jones’ Diary.
Putin directs sexologists to treat homosexuality the same as bestiality.
Alex Stein said Griner "hates America" and asked if she had sex with Vladimir Putin in order to be released from Russia.
He arrived in Russia from Europe to attend his father's funeral after fleeing the region in 2018 due to persecution because he's gay.
