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From shocking to brutality: how the scandal around CHA U KAO changed the face of Alexei Zhidkovsky
On July 18, 2026, one of the most discussed events took place at the VK Fest festival in Moscow...
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Seven years for drag shows. In Orenburg, the first real sentences were issued in the case of "LGBT extremism"
The Central District Court of Orenburg issued a verdict in the first criminal case in Russia on "LGBT extremism". Owner, administrator...
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Culture
"Secret cells" and lists for destruction. How the Russian authorities turned the country's largest publishing house into an "extremist community" because of queer literature
An unprecedented campaign to clean up the book market is unfolding in Russia, which experts are already calling "a new level of censorship"....
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The EU has imposed sanctions against VK and the Max messenger Brussels believes that they help the FSB monitor Russians and suppress the opposition
On July 13, 2026, the European Union expanded the sanctions lists to include the VK holding and the company Communications...
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Persons
"Only if Alla Pugacheva returns." Makeup artist Robert Minasyan on working at Channel One, returning to Russia and the LGBT community
Robert Minasyan is a makeup artist from Yerevan, who has worked with Alla Pugacheva, Angela Merkel, Tom Hanks, Matt...
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"Men's gossip has reached a new level": two journalists discussed the state of Russian social and cultural life
Journalist and media manager Renat Davletgildeev, in an interview with Ilya Varlamov, dissected the current state of the Russian secular and cultural...
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The Russian cosmetics brand CHA U KAO was fined 2.5 million rubles for "LGBT propaganda". Alexey Zhidkovsky is the ambassador of their line of lip glosses
A court in Moscow fined the NuoLab company, which created the Cha U Kao cosmetics brand, for 2.5 million rubles...
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Seven years for the right to be yourself: The tragedy of the Orenburg bar Pose
Russian law enforcement practice in relation to the LGBTQ+ community has reached a new, frighteningly harsh level. June 29, 2026...
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Mizulina asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check Sobchak's interview with Sinyak for LGBT propaganda
Ekaterina Mizulina asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check Ksenia Sobchak's interview with blogger Igor Sinyak for LGBT propaganda...
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A resident of the Vladimir region was fined for photos with an LGBT flag saved on VKontakte
The photo was saved in 2018, and a ban on LGBT propaganda in Russia was introduced in 2023. Sudogodsky District Court of the Vladimir Region...
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International community calls for sanctions against psychiatrist who calls homosexuality a 'disease'
In Russia, an initiative (petition) has appeared to introduce personal restrictions against doctors who promote the ideas of pathologizing sexual...
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At the congress of psychiatrists of Russia, homosexuality and transgenderism were called mental illnesses
Olga Bukhanovskaya, Chief Physician of the Phoenix Treatment and Rehabilitation Research Center, spoke about the "transgender spectrum disorder" at the XVIII Congress of Psychiatrists of Russia,...
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