POLITICS● ELEVATED3h ago · Oct 29, 2026, 8:16 PM
Russia’s anti-LGBT crackdown is punishing homophobes, too. Mediazona documents five cases of people penalized for posts that weren’t meant to promote LGBTQ rights.
Meduza [en] · eastern europe
Nearly three years ago, Russia’s Supreme Court banned the nonexistent “international LGBT movement” as extremist. Since then, “LGBT extremism” has become grounds for at least 14 criminal investigations and hundreds of citations for administrative offenses. Because the system often doesn’t look into the context in which a rainbow flag appears on social media, even homophobes end up being targeted. Mediazona has compiled cases in which opponents of same-sex relationships have been punished for “promoting” them.
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