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Police raid Moscow gay bars after top court’s LGBTQ ‘extremist’ designation

The Supreme Court ruling in Russia could mean an effective ban on all activity in favour of LGBTQ rights [Anton Vaganov/ Reuters]

Russian security forces have raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow shortly after a ruling by the country’s top court that designated the LGBTQ movement as “extremist”.

Police officers searched venues across the Russian capital late on Friday, including a nightclub, a male sauna and a bar that hosted LGBTQ parties, under the pretext of a drug raid, according to local media.

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