Asya Sokolova for OVD-Info

The adoption of the “LGBT propaganda” law marked not only widespread censorship but also intensified repression against LGBTQ people and the organisations that support them. With the designation of the “International LGBT Movement” as an “extremist organisation,” this pressure has increased once again.

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20-year-old Varvara Luch from Volzhsky, a city near Volgograd in southern Russia, was detained for allegedly “promoting LGBT” content on her social media, her partner told OVD-Info.

According to the lawyer representing her, the reason was an “old joke video” in which “a photo of Olga Buzova with a colourful flag flashed briefly.”

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