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Russia included the LGBT movement in the list of extremist and terrorist organizations

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Russia has included what it calls “LGBT movement” on the list extremist and terrorist organizationsState media reported this on Friday. The measure is in line with Russia’s Supreme

Russia included the LGBT movement in the list of extremist and terrorist organizations

Russia has included what it calls “LGBT movement” on the list extremist and terrorist organizationsState media reported this on Friday.

The measure is in line with Russia’s Supreme Court ruling last November that LGBT activists must be classified as extremists. homosexuals and transsexuals They said they were afraid it would lead to arrests and persecution.

The list is maintained by the agency Rosfinmonitoring, which has the power to freeze the bank accounts of more than 14,000 individuals and legal entities designated as extremists and terrorists. Among them They emerge from al-Qaeda American tech giant Target and associates of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

According to the state news agency, the new inclusion refers to the “international LGBT social movement and its structural units.” SET.

Over the past decade, Russia has tightened restrictions on expression of sexual orientation and gender identity as President Vladimir Putin shifts toward what he portrays as family values ​​that contrast with the decadent views of the West.

Among other measures, laws have been passed that prohibit the promotion of “non-traditional” sexual relationships and legal or medical gender reassignment.

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Source: Aristegui Noticias

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