On the night of December 10, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Yekaterinburg, with the involvement of riot police and dog handlers, came to the gay club Fame, where a party was taking place. About it reports Ura.ru.
The police said that they checked over 100 citizens, “found and seized nine liters of unlabeled strong alcohol-containing products, which were sent for examination.” According to them, “the sellers chose to comply with the police order and hastened to stop the unauthorized trade.”
The coordinator of the People’s Control movement, Dmitry Chukreev, took part in the raid. As a result of the raid, he wrote, that “at the time of the inspection, a themed party was being held at the establishment, men dressed up as women and performed role-playing games.” “During the inspection, unlabeled alcohol and tobacco products were found. As a result, more than 100 people were checked, no minors were found. Alcohol and tobacco products were seized,” he said.
SEE ALSO: Police raid Russian gay clubs and photograph visitors’ passports. Why is the personal data of people from the LGBT community collected?
Chukreev told the publication that the raid was carried out “according to reports from concerned citizens” and was in no way connected with the decision of the Supreme Court, which recognized the non-existent “international public LGBT movement” as an “extremist organization” and banned its activities on the territory of the Russian Federation. Human rights activists stated that this “could lead to the criminalization of human rights and activist activities and the risk of persecution for human rights defenders, activists, journalists and simply openly expressing their views by LGBT people.”
The very next day after the decision of the Supreme Court of the raid passed in gay clubs in Moscow. Police raids on December 1st took place in at least four clubs where LGBT parties were taking place. Several people were detained at a club on Malaya Yakimanka. An eyewitness told reporters that security forces photographed passports as they left the club. At the same time, the security forces officially explained the visits as a search for drugs.
SEE ALSO: “Some kind of viscous darkness hangs over everyone”: Readers of the Present Time – about their lives after the ban on the “LGBTQ movement” in Russia SEE ALSO: Dating application Pure has removed the ability to indicate sexual orientation for users from Russia From the site and YouTube channel of singer Sergei Lazarev, the video for the song “So Beautiful” has disappeared. Previously, the court found it to be “LGBT propaganda.” In Moscow, police conducted raids on clubs where LGBTQ parties were held. The Quince TV channel was fined 500 thousand rubles for showing a video of Sergei Lazarev. The court saw “LGBT propaganda” in footage of women’s hands. The human rights initiative “LGBT+ Cause” announced the cessation of work in Russia
2023-12-10 16:33:25
#Yekaterinburg #security #forces #gay #club #Fame #party #place
