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Two Russian bar workers are launching a assault on the LGBT community.
Diana Kamilyanova and Alexander Klimov are facing a 10-year prison sentence after being detained by masked and charged with “extremist exercise.”
Russia’s branded the “international” as an radical organisation.
Critics claim that the action is intended to deflect from Russians ‘ economic and social issues and serve as an “enemy within” to strengthen President Putin’s rule.
The Kremlin has increased its assault on LGBTQ people since the start of the Ukrainian civil war, despite the fact that same-sex relations are not prohibited in Russia.
A police officer speaks with a gay rights activist in St. Petersburg, Russia, standing with a rainbow flag ( File photo ).
Elena Kostyuchenko, a journalist and activist for LGBTQ rights in Russia, stated in Russian speech news agency Present Period:” The main characteristic of authoritarianism is a mobilized world, that is, a society that is either in a state of war or in a state of preparation for war. And in order to maintain society mobilised, external and internal foes are needed.
” Gay people are ideal for the function of interior enemies, because we are outside, we are just like you, there are enough of us, and at the same time we are diverse.”
According to a recent poll by the independent Russian Field pollster, the proportion of Russians who support homosexual rights should have increased to 60 % from 19 % since 2013. Another polls, however, have shown continuously angry attitudes.
Ekaterina Mizulina, the mind of the pro-Putin Safe Internet League, whose protesters monitor lesbian clubs and search the internet for offensive content, is one of the most vocal followers of the LGBT assault.
Mizulina, whose unique social media accounts are full of pictures of souls and joyful” good morning, everyone! “posts, has called anti-LGBT rules a significant obstacle to the principles that are destroying our identity and Russia,” he said.
The Kremlin has recently prosecuted political opposition, separate press, and human rights organizations, including those who supported former Kremlin writer Alexei Navalny.
