Russian man fined for joking that he started the LGBTQ+ rights movement

A Russian man has been fined for joking that he started the international LGBTQ+ rights movement.

The movement, which doesn’t officially exist, was labelled as extremist by Russia’s Supreme Court in 2023, with citizens facing prison sentences and fines if they are deemed to be part of it.

Since the anti-LGBTQ+ propaganda law was brought into force, several venues have been raided and an unknown number of people fined and given prison sentences. One man recently died in police custody.

Now, independent Russia-language news outlet Mediazona has reported that Anton Yevdokimov, 36, was found guilty in November of spreading “propaganda of non-traditional relations” on Russian social media platform VK, with details only recently published on the court database.

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According to court documents, the authorities identified a

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