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From ABC News: MOSCOW — Russian police raided several bars and nightclubs across Moscow on Saturday as part of the government’s crackdown on “LGBTQ+ propaganda,” state media reported.
Smartphones, laptops and video cameras were seized, while clubgoers had their documents inspected by officers, Russia’s Tass news agency said, citing sources in law enforcement.
The raids come exactly a year since Russia’s Supreme Court ruled that the “LGBTQ+ movement” should be banned as an “extremist organization.”
Its decision followed a decades-long crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights in Russia, where President Vladimir Putin has touted “traditional family values” as a cornerstone of his quarter-century in power.
Multiple videos have been posted on social media showing the raid as it was in progress.
🇷🇺❌🏳️🌈🚨 Last night, Russian security forces targeted gay bars and nightclubs under the “LGBT Propaganda” law!
This is how the police’s nighttime raid on the Inferno Nightclub on Skladnaya Street in Moscow unfolded. pic.twitter.com/vannDJQ9oF
— TabZ (@TabZLIVE) December 1, 2024
Police raided several Moscow clubs suspected of promoting LGBT propaganda, reportedly discovering weapons and drugs
Witnesses reported that officers stormed the venues, forcing patrons to lie down and check their documents pic.twitter.com/qbXkdz3aEF
— RT (@RT_com) December 2, 2024
🚨🇷🇺🏳️🌈MOSCOW CLUB RAIDS TARGET “LGBT PROPAGANDA”
Moscow police raided nightclubs on the anniversary of LGBT being labeled an “extremist movement” in Russia.
They went into full treasure hunt mode, seizing electronics, weapons, and even the booze that was supposedly sold under… pic.twitter.com/U7NCcAVPv3
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) November 30, 2024
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