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27 11, 2023

Russia moves to Outlaw LGBTQ movement as ‘Extremist’

By JRL Charts|2025-11-13T23:49:42-08:00November 27th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics Europe|Tags: LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, LGBT politics Russia, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS, Russia LGBT Laws, Russian Justice Ministry, Russian LGBT Network|

MOSCOW — (11-27-23) — The Russian Justice Ministry announced on Nov 17, it had filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court to label the “international LGBT public movement” an extremist group, and to outlaw its operations in the Russian Federation. In a statement posted on the state's official website, the ministry said that “the LGBT [...]

24 11, 2022

Russia Approves Complete Ban of ‘LGBTQ Propaganda’

By JRL Charts|2025-11-13T23:49:50-08:00November 24th, 2022|Categories: World LGBT News|Tags: anti-LGBTQ legislation Russia, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, LGBTQ Russia, LGBTQ World News, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS, Russia Bans LGBTQ Propaganda, Russia Bans LGBTQ Rights, Russia LGBT Laws, Russia’s State Duma Committee|

MOSCOW, RU — (11-24-22) — Russia’s State Duma Committee voted to ban 'LGBTQ Propaganda, pedophilia and sex-change propaganda' in the anti-LGBTQ country following the final reading of the bill on Thursday. The legislation named “Protection of Traditional Values” was supported by all 397 MPs in the lower house of the country’s parliament, passing without any [...]

22 11, 2022

Russia Rules on LGBTQ ‘Propaganda’ Bill Amendment

By JRL Charts|2025-11-13T23:50:09-08:00November 22nd, 2022|Categories: World LGBT News|Tags: Alexander Khinshtein, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, LGBT propaganda Law, LGBT World News – Global LGBTQ Headlines & Politics | JRL CHARTS, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS, promoting LGBTQ values, Russia LGBT Laws, Russia State Duma Committee|

MOSCOW, RU — (11-22-22) — Russia’s State Duma Committee on State Construction issued its recommendations on Monday, on a number of controversial amendments to an anti-LGBTQ propaganda bill adopted last month. The State Duma Committee rejected provisions that would introduce criminal liability for repeated violations of the law prohibiting the promotion of non-traditional sexual relations, [...]

27 02, 2022

Putin Orders Russian Nuclear Deterrent Forces Put On High Alert

By JRL Charts|2025-11-13T23:50:19-08:00February 27th, 2022|Categories: World LGBT News|Tags: LGBT World News – Global LGBTQ Headlines & Politics | JRL CHARTS, Putin Orders Nuclear Forces, Putin Orders Russian Nuclear Deterrent, Russia LGBT Laws, Russia Nuclear Weapons Alert, Russia Ukraine War 2022, ukraine politics|

MOSCOW — (02-27-22) — President Vladimir Putin placed his country’s strategic deterrence forces on “special” alert on Sunday, announcing his latest move during a meeting with his Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov. “Western countries are not only taking unfriendly actions against our country in the economic area," said Putin. "I'm [...]

13 02, 2022

Russia Fails to Shut Down Prominent Russian LGBT Network

By JRL Charts|2025-11-13T23:50:32-08:00February 13th, 2022|Categories: World LGBT News|Tags: Human Rights Watch Europe, LGBT Rights Europe, LGBT World News – Global LGBTQ Headlines & Politics | JRL CHARTS, LGBTQ activists, Russia LGBT Laws, Russian LGBT Network, Tanya Lokshina|

ST. PETERSBURG — (02-13-22) — The conservative Russian government got slapped down by a St. Petersburg Court in their attempt to shut down the Russian LGBT Network, one of the country’s largest LGBTQ rights groups. A court in St. Petersburg set aside a lawsuit brought by Russia’s Justice Ministry last Tuesday. The suit accused the [...]

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