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Orenburg Court Jails 3 Bar Workers for LGBTQ+ ‘Extremism’ The case represents 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” in 2023.

Russia’s pioneering “LGBT extremism” case. In Orenburg, Pose bar raid ... Alexander Klimov. Photo: Orenday In early spring, the Ministry of Justice added the “international LGBT movement” to the list of extremist organisations, allowing criminal cases to be opened against those who, according to security forces, promote “non-traditional values.” The staff and owner of thePosebar in Orenburg in southwest Russia are implicated in the first such case. The bar had previously been featured in the local press as a place where “they try to instil a taste for non-traditionalism,” but now the attacks by loyalist media have been replaced with raids by security forces and nationalists, which ended in three arrests. According to human rights activists, this may only be the beginning of mass criminal prosecutions. They toldMediazonawhat the LGBT community now has in common withFBK,Alexei Navalny’sAnti-Corruption Foundation,AUE, the vaguely defined Russian criminals’ subculture, and Jehovah’s Witnesses. Vyacheslav Khasanov opened the firstPosebar in Ufa, Bashkortostan, in mid-2020, and a second one under the same name appeared in Orenburg a year later. Both were positioned not as gay clubs, b…

Russian court in Orenburg finds LGBT supporters guilty of violating propaganda law Among the defendants were three young people working for a bar

Orenburg Court Jails 3 Bar Employees for LGBTQ+ ‘Extremism’ The case represents 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” in 2023.

Three employees of a Russian gay bar — defendants in the first case under the ‘extremist LGBT movement’ ban — sentenced to up to seven years in prison <p>A court in Orenburg has sentenced three employees of the Pose bar to prison in the first known case brought under Russia’s ban on the non-existent ”extremist LGBT movement,” the court’s press service announced.<p>

Russian Gay Nightclub Owner, Two Employees Arrested Under Anti … April 6, 2024 The owner of a gay nightclub called Pose has been placed under arrest, along with two of the bar's employees, as Russia continues to ramp up its anti-LGBTQ+ persecution,The Moscow Times reported. "Russian police allege that his venue promoted 'non-traditional sexual relationships' and prosecutors have accused him of conspiring with supporters of the 'international LGBT movement,'" Australian newspaper theStar Observer detailed. The bar's owner, who had not been named in reports, "has now been added to Russia's official list of terrorists and extremists," the Star Observer went on to add, while "two employees, Diana Kamilianova and Aleksandr Klimov, were arrested and detained for allegedly 'creating a branch of an extremist organization,'" the report continued. "Their arrests were a part of a police crackdown on 'LGBT extremism,' which saw police in riot gear storm the nightclub during a drag show." The owner was subsequently taken into custody at an airport, reports detailed. All three detainees have been "remanded in custody together with his colleagues until May 18 on March 28," The Moscow Times …

Russia Arrests Gay Club Managers in First LGBTQ+ 'Extremism' Criminal ... March 20, 2024 eanews.ru Russian authorities have arrested employees of a gay club as part of the country’s first criminal “extremism” case against members of the LGBTQ+ community, a court in the city of Orenburg said Wednesday. Kremlin-aligned conservative activist Yekaterina Mizulina earlier this week announced criminal charges in connection with the LGBTQ+ club Pose’s activities. Nationalist, pro-war activists said earlier in March that they helped law enforcement agencies raid Pose on suspicion of spreading “LGBT propaganda.” Orenburg’s Central District Court ruled Wednesday to place the club’s art director and bar manager in pre-trial detention until May 18. The two individuals face up to 10 years in prison if found guilty of “organizing extremist activities.” A statement on the court’s website describes them both as “persons with non-traditional sexual orientations” who “support the views and activities of the international LGBT public association banned in our country.” The art director was accused of selecting drag artists for performances, and the bar manager of filming these performances. The indep…

Three employees of a Russian gay bar — defendants in the ... - Meduza A court in Orenburg has sentenced three employees of the Pose bar to prison in the first known case brought under Russia’s ban on the non-existent ”extremist LGBT movement,” the court’s press service announced. The bar’s art director, 23-year-old Alexander Klimov, received two years and three months; its administrator, 30-year-old Diana Kamilyanova, six years and three months; and its owner, 37-year-old Vyacheslav Khasanov, seven years. None of the three admitted guilt. All three were charged with organizing and participating in the activities of an extremist organization under parts 1 and 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code. According to investigators, Kamilyanova filmed performances by drag artists, while Klimov held meetings with performers and “promoted LGBT relationships” on Telegram, the Russian Telegram news channel Ostorozhno Novosti reported. At the time of Klimov and Kamilyanova’s arrest, the court said that they, as people with “non-traditional sexual orientation,” had together with others who “support the views and activities of the banned international public association LGBT” ensured the cl…

Two Bar Managers Criminally Charged Under Russia's LGBTQ+ ... - Them Two managers of a Russian LGBTQ+ bar have been arrested and could face 10 years in jail, in the first criminal case since officials banned LGBTQ+ "extremism” last year. Diana Kamilyanova and Alexander Klimov, the manager and art director of the nightclub Pose in Orenburg, were arrested during a police raid earlier this month and charged with “organizing extremist activities,” The Moscow Times reported on Wednesday. Kamilyanova is accused of hiring drag performers for the bar, while Klimov is charged with filming the resulting shows. Both are being held in pre-trial detention until May 18. The case against both workers reportedly represents the first criminal charges targeting LGBTQ+ people since Russia’s Supreme Court declared that the "international public LGBT movement” is inherently “extremist” last November. Several people have already been charged with misdemeanors and fined for various acts such as wearing rainbow earrings and displaying a rainbow flag. Ekaterina Mizulina, head of the para-governmental internet censorship group Safe Internet League, credited the raid to “local activists” in a statement on h…