Russia

Jail cell of the Zabaikalsky Investigative Department. (Photo courtesy of Chita.ru and the Zabaikalsky Investigative Dept.)
Owner of Siberian gay club charged with ‘extremism’ and placed under house arrest
Rainbow photo illustrating Moscow Times article about Yekaterinburg.
Russia’s anti-queer pressure forces LGBTQ+ support center to close
Vladlen Semivolos, Russian ambassador to Uganda (Abubaker Lubowa photo courtesy of RadioTamazuj)
In Africa, Moscow battles against LGBTQ rights, side by side with U.S. religious conservatives
Billionaire and former Georgian prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili (Photo courtesy of Reuters)
Europe: Georgian legislators unanimously adopt Russian-style bill to curb LGBT rights
Viktor Pylypenko, a combat medic and the first openly gay Ukrainian soldier, came out in 2018. (Photo courtesy of the BBC)
Both Russia and homophobia are in the crosshairs of Ukraine’s gay soldiers
Anti-LGBTQ+ activists clash with police as they try to interfere with a gathering of the LGBTQ+ community for the Tbilisi Pride Festival in Tbilisi in July 2023. (Photo courtesy of AFP via Getty Images)
Push toward anti-‘gay propaganda’ laws in two former Soviet republics
Members of the LGBT community marched in Kyiv Pride on Sunday, June 16. (Photo courtesy of EPA-EFE)
Kyiv Pride returns for the first time since Russian invasion
Legislators in ex-Soviet Georgia push for anti-LGBT law like Russia’s
A protester holds a sign saying “Don’t scare everyone” during a rally for freedom of speech and freedom for political prisoners in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in 2022. (Vyacheslav Oseledko photo courtesy of AFP/ Getty Images / HRW)
Russia-style NGO crackdowns spread as Europe dithers
2 Russian drag show arrests; the charge is ‘LGBT extremism’
Andrei Shved (Photo courtesy of prokuratura.gov.by)
Mimicking Russia, Belarus plans its own anti-‘gay propaganda’ law
Logo of For Equal Rights
Queer Ukrainian escaped as Russian invaders hunted for her
Salman Mukaev (Photo courtesy of Moscow Times)
Armenia refuses to extradite gay Chechen man wanted by Russia
A Russian woman was sentenced to five days in jail for wearing earrings much like these.
Rainbow images lead to ‘LGBT extremism’ convictions in Russia
Berlin Pride 2023. (Photo courtesy of Reuters)
2024 global forecast for LGBTQ+ rights
2023 World Same-Sex Marriage and LGBT Rights Progress – Part 5: Europe