Gay community in yaroslavl, russia

A gay club was shut down in the Russian city of Kirov on 8 November and its owner and three drag artists charged with extremist offences. Police had raided the club the week before, and a few days before that security forces raided drag shows in the cities of Chita and Yaroslavl too. Law enforcement has also shown up at events that had nothing to do with the LGBT community, such as furry meetings and board-game nights. There were more unexpected cases too, quite aside from less surprising instances of police applying pressure to organisers of sex parties.

Soon, he will be replaced by a woman from the same bar, and then they will both be taken to their cells. This cage will likely witness the first case of its kind in Russia, when the organizers of a drag show will be imprisoned for extremism. Orenburg is a Russian city near the Ural Mountains that separate Europe and Asia. The values here are distinctly Russian: people on TV talk about how soldiers defend Russia from LGBT Ukrainians even as gay and lesbian people are served cocktails in a small nearby bar that seeks anonymity by forgoing a sign.

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The morning after Halloween, Kirill walked out of a police cell into the biting cold of Yaroslavl, wearing just a dress and high heels. He had not a rouble on him, nor a phone to order a cab. The OMON police special forces decided to crash the party. They rounded up the performers and organisers, taking them to the police station and refusing to let them take off their makeup or change into everyday clothes.