LGBTI: Entered Russia’s list of extremist and terrorist organizations

The “movement ” added to the list of extremist and terrorist organizations, according to the Russian media. Russia’s Supreme Court approved last November that LGBTQ activists should be described as extremists, with this in mind the addition of the movement to the list. Representatives of homosexuals and transgenders fear that this move can lead to arrests and prosecutions. The list is under the supervision of the service named Rosfinmonitoring, which has the authority to freeze the bank accounts of over 14,000 people and entities designated extremists and terrorists. This list is included by al-Qaeda and the American technological giant Meta to associates of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalni. The new entry refers to “the international social movement LGBTQI and its structural units,” the state news agency RIA said. In the context of the shift, under President Vladimir Putin, towards what he describes as family values that contradict attitudes and attitudes in the declining West, Russia has adopted more stringent restrictions over the past decade on expressions of sexual orientation and gender identity. Among other measures, he has passed laws that outlaw the promotion of “non-traditional” sexual relations and has banned legal or medical gender change.