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Why has Russia’s Supreme Court labelled the LGBT movement β€œextremist”?

Some LGBT Russians told us they’re questioning their future in the country.

Russia’s Supreme Court has banned the β€œinternational LGBT movement" and declared it an β€œextremist organisation.” The ruling does not criminalise being gay. However, it will make the work of all LGBTQ+ organizations, as well as any related political activity, difficult.

Sergei Goryashko from the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s Russian service explains the reasons behind the Supreme Court ruling. We also get reactions from three LGBTQ Russians.

Finally we hear from Ksenia Kuleshova, a documentary photographer who has been working with and observing the queer community in Russia for several years.

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Presenter: Hannah Gelbart
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