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submitted 9 months ago by Stamau123@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Russian security forces raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow Friday night, less than 48 hours after the country’s top court banned what it called the “global LGBTQ+ movement” as an extremist organization.

Police searched venues across the Russian capital, including a nightclub, a male sauna, and a bar that hosted LGBTQ+ parties, under the pretext of a drug raid, local media reported.

Eyewitnesses told journalists that clubgoers’ documents were checked and photographed by the security services. They also said that managers had been able to warn patrons before police arrived.

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[-] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 55 points 9 months ago

Hexbear and lemmygrad be like: "Russia is just avoiding a potential color revolution."

[-] MoistWanted@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Also, if you are Russian LGBT you need to leave the country NOW. Germany is taking in asylums so there’s a way out.

This one got me confused. Flee to a Nato country that they hate?

[-] _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz 8 points 9 months ago

Who says gay Russians hate NATO countries? And for that matter, who says most Russians do regardless of sexual orientation?

I'd imagine if I hated the authoritarian autocrat of my country, I'd naturally align with countries that hated the autocrat too. Especially if said countries were offering to save my life and give me the freedom to live how I wish (so long as I'm not hurting others).

[-] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

Russians are not a monolith, but a lot of other Russian expats (for economic reasons) are causing issues for very well agreeing with Putin too much on non-economic issues. I know one such Hungarian in the Netherlands, who begged his colleagues to vote for Wild Geeters, because of Orbán.

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