Russia jails club owner and two employees under ban on 'LGBT movement'
The court also fined the owner 1 million rubles and barred the three from entertainment and hospitality work after release.
- On Monday, an Orenburg court sentenced the owner of the "Pose" nightclub and two employees to prison in Russia's first criminal case targeting what authorities call the "LGBT movement."
- Authorities accused the trio of organizing events demonstrating "affiliation with people of non-traditional sexual orientation" under the guise of running a nightclub, following the Russian Supreme Court's 2023 designation of the "LGBT movement" as "extremist."
- Owner Vyacheslav Khasanov received a seven-year term and a 1 million ruble fine; manager Diana Kamilyanova was jailed for six years and three months, and art director Alexander Klimov for two years and three months.
- Russian LGBT rights lawyers warn the verdict sets a precedent for future prosecutions against the community and its advocates, potentially destroying remaining "safe havens" for LGBT people in Russia.
- Under President Vladimir Putin, Russia has increasingly cracked down on LGBT rights, portraying them as a Western invention threatening traditional values rooted in the family, nation, and Orthodox Christian faith.
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Russian nightclub owner & employees get years-long jail sentences under “LGBT movement” ban
Vyacheslav Khasanov, the 37-year-old owner of the Pose club in Orenburg, Russia, was sentenced to seven years in prison and ordered to pay a 1 million ruble (about $13,000) fine on charges connected to organizing and participating in LGBTQ+ events. Manager Diana Kamilyanova, 30, was sentenced to six years and three months’ imprisonment, and art director Alexander Klimov, 23, was sentenced to two years and three months. The court said that the th…
Russia hands down first prison sentences for LGBT extremism to bar owner and staff
A Russian court has sentenced the owner of a bar to seven years in prison in what appears to be one of the country’s first criminal cases treating support for LGBTIQA+ people as extremism. Two of the bar’s managers also received jail sentences. Under laws introduced during President Vladimir Putin’s leadership, restrictions targeting LGBTIQA+ people have steadily expanded. In 2023, Russia declared the so-called “international LGBT movement” an e…
According to the TASS agency, a Russian court sentenced three people to prison in the first such sentences in the country since the “LGBT international movement” was declared an extremist organization in 2023.The Orenburg court announced on Monday up to seven years' imprisonment for the owner, administrator and artistic director of a discotheque that promoted non-traditional sexual orientation in its activities, according to the state news servi…
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