The Supreme Court banned the LGBT movement in Russia on the grounds that it “incites social hatred”

According to judicial sources, it is not expected that the full implementation of the measure will occur sooner. January 10, 2024When will gay NGOs be included in the list of extremist organizations? religious sectsgroups hooligans football and court organizations neo-Nazi. The Russian Supreme Court relied on Article 1 of the law “on combating extremist activities” to ban it.

“Within the framework of the implementation of the powers of the Russian Ministry of Justice, an administrative lawsuit was filed with the Supreme Court to recognize the international LGBT people’s movement as extremist and to ban its activities on Russian territory,” the report said. In a statement published on the Justice website.

It’s already hard for homosexuals in Russia express yourself normally, something to emphasize even more now. The fictitious name Yuri explains that “there has been a decline in recent years and it may go even further.” He adds that “something akin to concentration camps” has existed in places like Chechnya for years and that he fears it “will spread to more regions.”

Moscow and Saint Petersburg were suggested as possible locations. more free and many homosexuals from the most conservative regions sought to live in the two capitals. This dynamic that limits the rights of the LGBT community has been seen in so-called initiatives. law against homosexual propagandaThis practice, which was approved in 2013 to prevent minors from watching LGBT content and expanded to the entire population in 2022, is the ban on gender reassignment in 2023, or this is the latest attempt.

More pressure on foreigners

Another group that is at the center of the Kremlin’s attention is citizens of other countries. In the same week, on Wednesday, a proposal appeared in the Russian Duma that foreigners who want to enter Russia should sign a kind of “oath of allegiance” so as not to discredit Russian state policy. The bill specifically aims to prevent situations defined as “abuse of freedom of expression”, “distortion of historical truth” and “attack on traditional Russian moral values”.

Moreover, among those who were nationalized, especially those of Central Asian and Caucasian origin, these Pressured to fight on the Ukrainian front They are under threat of losing their and their families’ passports. They also often face discrimination when looking for an apartment, because although it is illegal, many apartment listings look for “only Slavs” and property owners often reject people who “do not speak Russian”. This rejection can happen even if they hold a Russian passport or are even a native of the country if they have roots in the Caucasus or parts of Siberia.