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Russian police raid Moscow nightclubs in LGBTQ+ crackdown (abcnews.go.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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."

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Putin should be more worried about Ukraine. Fuck Putler

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

This is about Ukraine.

You raid places where military age males congregate, lock as many as you can up on whatever chargers you can, then offer them a deal. Or just ship them out. What are they going to do about it?

Isn’t autocracy grand?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I realized that's probably what they're doing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Putin isn’t worried about having the gays in his army?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

They probably won’t be in the army for long.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Do you think with state sanctioned oppression, there aren't closeted gays pretty much everywhere? Just because they are less visible doesn't mean they don't exist in all walks of life.

As the other connebter mentioned, it's likely a way to force recruitment. The higher ups don't really care about sexuality or religion. It's a tool of oppression.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Probably a good cause for asylum seeking.