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Eyewitnesses told journalists that clubgoers' documents were checked and photographed by the security services. They also said that managers had been able to warn patrons before police arrived. Activists have noted the lawsuit was lodged against a movement that is not an official entity, and that under its broad and vague definition authorities could crack down on any individuals or groups deemed to be part of it.

Petersburg's gay club Central Station. It wrote on social media Friday that the owner would no longer allow the bar to operate with the law in effect. Before the ruling, leading Russian human rights groups had filed a document with the Supreme Court that called the Justice Ministry lawsuit discriminatory and a violation of Russia's constitution.

Inconstitutional reforms pushed through by Putin to extend his rule by two more terms also included a provision to outlaw same-sex marriage.

Police raid multiple queer venues in Moscow following ‘extremism’ ruling

After sending troops into Ukraine inthe Kremlin ramped up a campaign against what it called the West's "degrading" influence. Rights advocates saw it as an attempt to legitimize the war. Another law passed this year prohibited gender transitioning procedures and gender-affirming care for transgender people.

The legislation prohibited any "medical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person," as well as changing one's gender in official documents and public records. He was presenting a report on human rights in Russia to the U. Human Rights Council in Geneva, arguing that "restraining public demonstration of nontraditional sexual relationships or preferences is not a form of censure for them.

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