Russian security forces raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow Friday night, less than 48 hours after the country’s top court banned what it called the “global LGBTQ+ movement” as an extremist organization.

Police searched venues across the Russian capital, including a nightclub, a male sauna, and a bar that hosted LGBTQ+ parties, under the pretext of a drug raid, local media reported.

Eyewitnesses told journalists that clubgoers’ documents were checked and photographed by the security services. They also said that managers had been able to warn patrons before police arrived.

  • ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    11 months ago

    extremist organization

    Of course, why did nobody ever think of targetting the President of Homosexual International?! Perhaps a drone strike? I bet he’s hiding in a school or hospital somewhere in Ukraine.

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      11 months ago

      Extremist movement, not organization. Organization needs to be registered as one, while extremist movement is from amendments to “extremism” laws, that were used to ban Golos movement first.

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      11 months ago

      It’s perfectly reasonable to blow up UN schools if one claims there are gay terrorist tunnels under them…

      /s