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| Russian Ministry of Justice adds the LGBT movement to the register of extremist organizations |
| 2024-03-03 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Ministry of Justice included the LGBT movement (an organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation) and its structural divisions on the list of extremist organizations liquidated and banned in Russia. The relevant information was published on the website of the Ministry of Justice. The movement was included in the list in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court of Russia. “The international LGBT social movement and its structural divisions (decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated November 30, 2023),” the updated version of the list says. As Regnum reported, on November 30, the Supreme Court recognized the activities of the international LGBT movement as extremist and banned them in the country based on an appeal from the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry sent an appeal due to the fact that it has repeatedly identified signs of extremist orientation in the activities of this movement, including incitement of social and religious hatred. The law against the propaganda of LGBT ideas does not threaten classical literature in Russia, said Alexander Khinshtein, head of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, in February 2024. This is how he commented on the statements of the press service of the Megamarket marketplace about the exclusion from sale of books, including classic works included in a certain “black list” of 250 titles developed by the Association of Internet Trading Companies. LGBT movements created in Russia are coordinated and financed from unfriendly countries, Alexey Mikhalchik, lawyer, managing partner of the Mikhalchik and Partners law office, noted earlier in an interview with Regnum news agency. Participation and organizational actions related to the management and financing of such organizations will now actually constitute a criminal offense, the expert said. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 There, there! |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2024-03-03 00:59 |
| #1 Hear, hear! |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-03-03 00:54 |