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Russian man arrested for allegedly running LGBTQ+ travel agency found dead in custody (apnews.com)
submitted 7 months ago by ByeBrie to c/world@quokk.au
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A Russian man arrested for allegedly running a travel agency for gay customers was found dead in custody in Moscow, rights group OVD-Info reported Sunday, amid a crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights in Russia.

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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 19 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The man looks a lot like Putin.

[–] CrazyFrog97@discuss.online 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)
[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

can tell they don't like gay people, but prosecuting them won't make them straight, useless sweep-them-under-the-rug operation

[–] theUwUhugger@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Christian virtue signaling! Worked for the nazis, works for the neo nazis!

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 7 months ago

All Nazis are fascists but not all fascists are Nazis.

Putin's government is a (white) Russian supremacist Orthodox fascist theocracy, which is another type of fascist shit show than Nazism.