It is the first criminal case of its kind since Russia’s Supreme Court outlawed the so-called “international LGBT movement” last November.

If found guilty, the defendants face up to ten years in jail.

  • @SuddenDownpour
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    274 months ago

    Police raided the club, called Pose, in early March following a request from the local prosecutor.

    They were reportedly accompanied by members from a local nationalist group called “Russian Community”.

    So, local fascists are accompanying the police during detentions? What could go wrong here?

  • Zier
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    -114 months ago

    The Press needs to stop calling it “Russia”. It’s just the next iteration of the Soviet Union. The CCCP with a facade of Democracy and freedom.

    • @[email protected]
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      204 months ago

      But it is just Russia. Vast parts of the former CCCP today are enjoying life without Russia.

    • Skua
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      164 months ago

      That would be a bit silly given that it’s not a union of republics and there’s nothing soviet or socialist about Russia

      • Zier
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        -14 months ago

        Correct, however it is still run in the shady way the CCCP government operated.

        • @[email protected]
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          34 months ago

          According to Kamil Galeev, it would be more accurate to claim that both the Soviet Union and modern Russia operate mostly the same way as Tsarist Russia did