bestfiction Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/12/02/moscow-police-raid-gay-clubs-after-extremist-ban-on-lgbt-community-a83297 Quote Moscow police carried out raids of gay-friendly nightclubs, bars and saunas in the city center overnight, media reported. The raids came one day after Russia's top court banned the “international LGBT movement,” a group that does not formally exist, sparking fears of widespread persecution of LGBT people and rights groups. Police burst into a club on Malaya Yakimanka Ulitsa where about 300 people had gathered for a party for the LGBT community, the Ostorozhno Novosti Telegram news channel reported. The police, who raided the premises under the pretext of searching for drugs, detained an unspecified number of people, Ostorozhno Novosti said. “In the middle of the party, they stopped the music and [the police] started to enter the halls. There were also citizens of other countries at the party. At the exit, they photographed passports without permission,” Ostorozhno Novosti quoted an anonymous eyewitness as saying. “It was an established scheme, this is how they closed similar clubs in St. Petersburg. Someone was panicking,” the eyewitness said. Security forces were also reported to have raided a gay men's sauna near Tsvetnoy Bulvar. “Everything is happening like a regular drug raid. No violations were found, but the mood was spoiled. It was indelicate in the sauna ... they made everyone lie face down,” an anonymous eyewitness told Ostorozhno Novosti. A club near the Avtozavodskaya metro station and a men's strip club near the Polyanka metro station were also raided, the outlet reported. In St. Petersburg, the gay club Central Station was forced to shut down Friday after its landlords evicted them over the Supreme Court's ban on the LGBT community. Russia on Thursday banned the "international LGBT movement," claiming it was an extremist group in a move that cements a long crackdown on the community as the Kremlin pushes ultra-conservative social values. The conservative turn promoted by President Vladimir Putin — often portrayed as an existential fight against Western liberal values — has accelerated since the offensive in Ukraine. If applied to individuals, the "extremist" label means gay, lesbian, transgender or queer people living in Russia could face years in jail. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komet Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Communion Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Failed capitalist police statr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magazine Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 they're probably gonna send them to fight in the war Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YellowRibbon Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Fascist Russia at it again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Absolutely alarming. Putin & the Kremlin are cancers and disgraces to modern day society. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptus Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 4 minutes ago, magazine said: they're probably gonna send them to fight in the war Ayy, yo, They need soldat like me Sta-lin 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthinos Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 I'm speechless. Putin is a criminal. It's just scary how right-wingers around the world are dehumanizing us. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Jeans Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 It is depressing how Russia went from a promising developing 21st century country with some freedom in the 2000s to the fascist dictatorship later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumbSoul Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Holy ****ing ****...... It's terrifying that things like this can still happen in 2023... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiritboy Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Wonder if LGBT friendly singer will say anything about this? They should also refrain from performing in Russia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 As a gay person I would have left many many years ago. Russia is insane. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cain Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 3 minutes ago, Daddy said: As a gay person I would have left many many years ago. Russia is insane. A lot of people do not have the means to just up and leave their country. And they shouldn’t have to, everyone deserves rights in the place they were born. This is absolutely disgusting and I feel so bad for the Russian LGBTQIA+ community 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 6 minutes ago, Cain said: A lot of people do not have the means to just up and leave their country. And they shouldn’t have to, everyone deserves rights in the place they were born. Duh. *I* would have left a long time ago 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthinos Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 And some in our community continue to downplay right-wing extremism or even vote for it. You think that can't happen in the West? Fascism doesn't only exist in Russia. It becomes particularly dangerous when they start hunting us down on the internet (dating sites etc.) and/or with AI. Today it's just Russia, in 10 years it might be a Western country. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexrex Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Feel for the LGBT+ people in Russia and in many othe homophobic and ignorant countries. This is such a disgrace. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZIVERT Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 The joys of the Kremlin: shaking hands with Hamas one day, declaring LGBT+ people to be terrorists and raiding gay clubs the next. The only terrorism they would find in Mono Bar is playing Fad once every 5 songs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villas Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 That’s horrible 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostBox Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 This is what Trump and the gop would love to do here. But hey some on this forum say we deserve this kind of stuff 💀 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suilen Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 1 hour ago, spiritboy said: Wonder if LGBT friendly singer will say anything about this? They should also refrain from performing in Russia Foreign artists don't really tour Russia following the invasion, and one local artist who had lesbian motives in her songs denounced her support for the community, so it's all pretty grim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nostalgic Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 I'm sure g4p lesbians t.A.T.u. will be releasing a strongly worded letter criticizing this any day now...if Julia isn't too busy calling us ******* again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOMH Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 A fascist totalitarian scumhoIe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max8max7 Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 The way things turned left so fast for Russia it is really mind boggling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 5 hours ago, Blue Jeans said: It is depressing how Russia went from a promising developing 21st century country with some freedom in the 2000s to the fascist dictatorship later And it can happen anywhere. While plenty of humans are good people, the accumulation of both political power (and large amounts of money tbh) often rewards bad behavior so the people who are okay with hurting others usually end up in control. And then they do **** like this. It's disgusting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.R.L Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Putin wants to go back to the days of the Soviet Union, he has the mentality of revenge in his stupid mind, no matter how sure he is of another failure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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