Russia’s Supreme Court has ruled to designate LGBTQ+ activists as “extremists,” banning their activities on Russian soil. pic.twitter.com/NKkcrlXqbD
— DW News (@dwnews) December 3, 2023
Previously: Russia: Supreme Court Labels LGBTQ Movement as Extremist Organization, Bans Activism
Finally, Russia is doing the real crackdown on the sickos.
Russian police have launched a series of raids against gay bars and clubs in Moscow after the country’s supreme court banned the LGBTQ movement in Russia, calling it “extremist.”
Cops in the Russian capital targeted gay clubs, a nightclub, a male sauna and other venues Friday after the court’s decision, which effectively banned the LGBTQ community, NBC News reported on Sunday.
The ruling comes in the wake of a lawsuit filed by the government’s Justice Ministry and is part of Russian strongman Vladimir Putin’s long-running war against the gay community.
“It will affect countless people, and its repercussions are poised to be nothing short of catastrophic,” Marie Struthers, regional director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia for Amnesty International, told The Associated Press of the ruling.
Putin turned up the heat on the gay community after launching his attack on Ukraine last year, calling his effort part of a campaign to clamp down on the “degrading” influence of the West.
But as far back as 2013 the Kremlin passed legislation restricting “gay propaganda” and banned any public endorsement of “non-traditional sexual relations” in Russia.
The 2020 government reforms that extended Putin’s term as president by two terms included a provision that outlawed same-sex marriage in the country.
This really only would have been possible with the war. The war is shaping Russia into a real Christian country, because they are battling Satan.
I came to the Plaça de Sant Jaume to see Christmas decorations and instead I have to see a protest of LGBTQ activists angry about not being able to sexualize children in Russia.
You just cannot escape this sick agenda anywhere these days it! pic.twitter.com/j0mEB5aJNg
— Ada Lluch 🇪🇸 (@ada_lluch) December 3, 2023