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Two employees of an LGBTQ+ club in the Russian city of Orenburg have been arrested on suspicion of being members of an "extremist organisation" (www.bbc.com)
submitted 8 months ago by 0x815@feddit.de to c/europe@feddit.de
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It is the first criminal case of its kind since Russia's Supreme Court outlawed the so-called "international LGBT movement" last November.

If found guilty, the defendants face up to ten years in jail.

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[โ€“] Ignacio@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago

Oh, the irony.

[โ€“] Zier@fedia.io 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The Press needs to stop calling it "Russia". It's just the next iteration of the Soviet Union. The CCCP with a facade of Democracy and freedom.

[โ€“] Quittenbrot@feddit.de 19 points 8 months ago

But it is just Russia. Vast parts of the former CCCP today are enjoying life without Russia.

[โ€“] Skua@kbin.social 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That would be a bit silly given that it's not a union of republics and there's nothing soviet or socialist about Russia

[โ€“] Zier@fedia.io 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Correct, however it is still run in the shady way the CCCP government operated.

[โ€“] Gurfaild@feddit.de 3 points 7 months ago

According to Kamil Galeev, it would be more accurate to claim that both the Soviet Union and modern Russia operate mostly the same way as Tsarist Russia did