It is the first criminal case of its kind since Russia’s Supreme Court outlawed the so-called “international LGBT movement” last November.

If found guilty, the defendants face up to ten years in jail.

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    8 months ago

    That would be a bit silly given that it’s not a union of republics and there’s nothing soviet or socialist about Russia

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      8 months ago

      Correct, however it is still run in the shady way the CCCP government operated.

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        8 months ago

        According to Kamil Galeev, it would be more accurate to claim that both the Soviet Union and modern Russia operate mostly the same way as Tsarist Russia did