Category Archives: LGBT

St. Petersburg Police Stopped a Fight between Vegans and LGBT Activists

At the May 1st demonstration, the police of St. Petersburg had to pull apart the fighting vegans and LGBT activists. The animals’ rights activists did not like how, during the procession, advocates for sexual minorities unfurled rainbow flags, reports Novaya … Continue reading

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Racism and Xenophobia: Results of January 2016

In January 2016 we are in the know regarding at least three individuals, who have been victims of racist and xenophobically motivated attacks. In Moscow, in a commuter train going from Kievskiy train station to ‘Aprelevka’ station, a group of … Continue reading

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No to the oppression of sexual minorities! Yes to the concerns for the real needs of the people!

The deputies of RuSSia’s [sic] federal Duma continue to support the processes of their bureaucratic thinking at the expense of the workers; processes which are completely useless and often even harmful for our suffering people. V. Bulavinov, G. Raykov, D. … Continue reading

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Legal Affairs Department of Duma Negatively Responds to the Request to Ban ‘the Demonstration of Sexual Preferences’ in Public

The Legal Affairs Department of the Russian Duma published a negative review regarding the bill No. 916716-6 ‘Regarding changes to the administrative offences section of the Codex of the Russian Federation (specifically the establishment of responsibility for the public expression … Continue reading

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Moscow Leads by the Number of Victims of Assault by Nationalists for 2015

In 2015, 9 persons died and 68 were injured in 17 regions of Russia in attacks by ultra-right devotees. Moscow (Federal City) became the leading region for the number of attacks owing to xenophobia and ethnic intolerance. According to the … Continue reading

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Court of Murmansk: The Spraying of Toxic Substance in LGBT Organisation’s Office – not a Crime

The district court of Murmansk found the rejection to initiate criminal proceedings, dealing with an attack on an LGBT organisation’s community centre in which two persons were injured, to be lawful. The Lenin district court examined the LGBT activist’s, Violetta … Continue reading

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