A court in the Orenburg region on Monday handed down prison sentences to a bar owner and two of his employees in Russia’s first criminal case targeting people accused of belonging to what authorities call the “international LGBT movement.” The trio was arrested on LGBTQ+ “extremism” charges in March 2024, representing the first instance of criminal charges being pressed in connection with the Russian Supreme Court’s designation of the non-existent “LGBT movement” as “extremist” the year before.

Центральный районный суд Оренбурга в понедельник, 29 июня, вынес первый приговор по уголовному делу об организации деятельности «международного движения ЛГБТ».…

A court in the Orenburg region on Monday handed down prison sentences to a bar owner and two of his employees in Russia’s first criminal case targeting people accused of belonging…

A court in the Orenburg region on Monday handed down prison sentences to a bar owner and two of his employees in Russia’s first criminal case targeting people accused of belonging…

Vyacheslav Khasanov, 37, the club's owner, received a seven-year jail term and was ordered to pay a fine of 1 million roubles

RUSKI sud osudio je vlasnika i dvoje zaposlenika noćnog kluba na zatvorske kazne. Ovo je prvi slučaj temeljen na zabrani "međunarodnog LGBT pokreta", koji Moskva smatra…

Among the defendants were three young people working for a bar

A Russian court has sentenced three employees of a bar to prison for participating in what authorities describe as the 'international LGBT community', marking the first criminal…

A court in Orenburg has sentenced three staff from queer bar Pose to up to seven years in prison in Russia’s first criminal case over alleged participation in the “LGBT movement,”…

Ein Gericht in Orenburg verurteilt drei Betreiber*innen queerer Klubs zu Gefängnisstrafen. Es ist der erste Richterspruch dieser Art in Russland.