[HIGHLIGHTS] Russia: imprisoned managers of an LGBT+ bar designated “terrorists and extremists”

Diana Kamilianova, 28, and Alexandre Klimov, 21, were placed on the list of people declared “terrorists and extremists” They risk 10 years in prison. In November 2023, the Russian Supreme Court banned the “international LGBT movement” for “extremism” Since 2013, a law in Russia has banned “propaganda” of “non-traditional sexual relations” aimed at minors.

This legislation was considerably expanded at the end of 2022 and now prohibits all forms of LGBT+ ‘propaganda' in the media, on the internet, in books and films.