In Russia, there has been a recent crackdown on expressions of dissent and nonconformity, particularly targeting those who oppose the war in Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin. The Russian authorities are reported to have taken steps to intimidate expatriate celebrities who criticize the war, with the Foreign Ministry stating that those who support the Kyiv regime should be prosecuted. Additionally, Russian courts have issued the first convictions under a new law against what the government deems the 'international LGBT social movement,' which was labeled as extremist last year. A woman in Nizhny Novgorod was arrested and sentenced to five days in jail for wearing rainbow-colored earrings, which the court deemed a symbol of an extremist organization. This incident follows a Supreme Court ruling recognizing the international LGBT movement as extremist. Meanwhile, an anti-war critic has submitted a bid to challenge Putin for the presidency in the upcoming March 2024 presidential election, but his candidacy is facing obstacles, including alleged 'errors' in his paperwork.
My interview with Boris Nadezhdin, the anti-war politician who wants to challenge Putin and whose ratings are up from 1% to 10% . “If my rating was still 1%, I would definitely be registered, because I wouldn’t pose any danger," he said. https://t.co/hfXPyBHGYD
Georgian woman ordered detained for defacing Stalin icon in Tbilisi https://t.co/pl1hXv142q https://t.co/6BAVkH33B9
⚠️ RUSSIA DESIGNATES HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGNER AS 'FOREIGN AGENT' (Reuters) Russia's Justice Ministry has designated Oleg Orlov, a veteran Russian human rights campaigner, a "foreign agent", the ministry said on Friday. The foreign agent designation requires that people and… https://t.co/icq9Zy0UsA
Vladimir Putin’s new crackdown on LGBTQ citizens is fuelled by hate and bigotry. Russians should not be targeted for whom they love. https://t.co/5fJLiOMdWV
A court in Georgia has been detained for a woman who defaced a religious icon depicting Soviet leader Josef Stalin, an act which ignited large protests last month in the capital Tbilisi. #Stalin https://t.co/tGVe9HH4kg
Russia finds ‘errors’ in paperwork of candidate hoping to stand against Putin https://t.co/iQCbeMILad
A Georgian court has sentenced an activist to five days of administrative detention for defacing an icon featuring Georgian-born Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in a cathedral in Tbilisi. https://t.co/S3p9zPja5g
⚠️ LAWYER FOR RUSSIAN DISSIDENT NAVALNY PUT ON WANTED LIST - RIA (Reuters) Russia's interior ministry has put a lawyer for jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on its wanted list after charging her in absentia with extremism, the RIA news agency reported The lawyer, Olga… https://t.co/klO1t3nMJw
#Russia: We are appalled by the Russian Courts' decisions convicting people for displaying LGBT symbols. Penalizing freedom of expression violates Russia’s international human rights obligations.
Russia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry called allegations of its involvement in the arrest of anti-war Russian-Belarusian rock band Bi-2 members in Thailand and subsequent attempts to deport them to Russia “completely fake.” https://t.co/ndaYj7b2Kn
A Russian woman was arrested and sentenced to five days in jail this week for wearing these frog earrings. Can you guess why? (Photo from online store OZON.) https://t.co/C0o3FkiP4S https://t.co/Hh9Ae5WfaB
I missed this: Moscow pressure on Thais/UAE to cancel anti-war expat Russian artists. Paranoid? Intimidation? via @NYTimes https://t.co/GzDPrTQyba
⚡️Russian courts convict first people under new anti-LGBT law. A court in Volgograd Oblast on Feb. 1 found a defendant known as Artyom P. guilty of “displaying the symbols of an extremist organisation” after he posted a picture of an LBGT flag online. https://t.co/SMomLFEepZ
Two Russian courts make the first convictions in connection with what the government calls the “international LGBT social movement,” which was designated as extremist last year. https://t.co/OHkIvZE2mi
A woman in Russia has been jailed for five days for wearing these earrings, which a court ruled were in support of the "extremist" LGBT movement. Is this the first case of someone being jailed over their choice of earrings? https://t.co/fxXFP812Tm
In #Russia, the MFA of this neo-fascist country @mfa_russia issued a statement urging to put Russian celebrities who publicly support #Ukraine on trial. Supposedly, for “treason” or “supporting extremism”?… https://t.co/sGRhDnFWvT
Anti-War Putin Rival Says He Has Enough Signatures To Run For President https://t.co/qIz8c5iC6O https://t.co/P1fDBgHegB
A women in Nizhny Novgorod, a large Russian city, got sentenced to five days in jail for wearing these earrings in public. Her crime is "belonging to an extremist orhanization" - a month ago, Putin's court declared the existence of the imaginary "international LGBT movement". https://t.co/rNcnzKp6pz
Russian diplomats ordered to target artists who oppose Putin - Bloomberg The Russian Foreign Ministry has ordered its diplomats in several countries to monitor Russian celebrities who do not support the war and dictator Vladimir Putin. https://t.co/gjSrbOmJvy
⚠️ RUSSIA MAKES FIRST CONVICTIONS FOR 'LGBT EXTREMISM' FOLLOWING BAN (Reuters) Two Russian courts have meted out the first convictions in connection with what the government calls the "international LGBT social movement" and which was designated as extremist last year. On…
Responding to reports that “Moscow has told its diplomats to pursue Russian artists/celebrities who speak out against Putin & in support of Ukraine,” Russia’s Foreign Ministry says anyone who “supports the Kyiv regime should be prosecuted, not criticized.” Okay then.…
A Nizhny Novgorod resident was given five days of arrest in Russia for wearing earrings in rainbow colors She received five days of arrest under the article on "demonstration of prohibited symbols" (Russia's Supreme Court recognized the "international LGBT movement" as extremist… https://t.co/KDf2r6lxav
A Russian court has sent a girl to jail for wearing rainbow-colored earrings shaped like frogs, according to multiple local reports. https://t.co/iiBmXGTQte
A young woman in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia has been arrested for five days for wearing earrings depicting a rainbow - likely in a non-LGBT context. Still, she was punished for sporting “extremist” symbols. https://t.co/rhu14hzeT5 https://t.co/LkgLHzGTQa
In #Russia, the authorities are taking steps to hinder voting by its citizens living abroad in the upcoming presidential "election" in March 2024, in what some observers call a move to restrict votes cast by anti-war and anti-Putin emigres. https://t.co/YreEugAPEJ
A Russian girl was ordered arrested because she was wearing rainbow earrings. A court ruled that the earrings amounted to a "public display of symbols of an extremist organization." (per a recent ruling of the Russian Supreme Court.) https://t.co/xVlgIqyB5g https://t.co/oh9CNglagj
Russia is turning its sights on prominent anti-war critics of President Vladimir Putin who’ve fled abroad https://t.co/408YFxS9JO
Ukraine war critic submits bid to challenge Putin for Russia’s presidency https://t.co/9ctrXhkGQv
Russia is intimidating its expat celebrities in an attempt to silence them https://t.co/0kc5MopmNL