Russian security forces raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow Friday night, less than 48 hours after the country’s top court banned what it called the “global LGBTQ+ movement” as an extremist organization.

Police searched venues across the Russian capital, including a nightclub, a male sauna, and a bar that hosted LGBTQ+ parties, under the pretext of a drug raid, local media reported.

Eyewitnesses told journalists that clubgoers’ documents were checked and photographed by the security services. They also said that managers had been able to warn patrons before police arrived.

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    8 months ago

    Well we’ll well. I thought Russia said the nazis were in Ukraine. Huh. Funny, that.

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        8 months ago

        Sure it can. But that doesn’t mean it is.

        Oh I’m sure if you look hard enough you’ll find one or two nazis hiding anywhere, even if they don’t identy as nazi or even know what it means.

        But Russia, with its actions, have proven themselves to be an imperialist, nationalist, fascist piece of shit. And while both could be true, actions speak louder.

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          8 months ago

          integrating the azov brigade into the national guard sounds like a bunch of Nazis are in the government to me.

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        No, and you can fuck right off out of here. Nobody wants to hear your pro-terrorist bullshit.

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            8 months ago

            Come back when Ukraine is the one committing active genocide and attempted ethnic cleansing of groups of people. Oh, wait. They aren’t. Fuck off

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        You need to study the subject more closely before stating that (: Slavik nazism is a deep rabbithole, but for the purpose of this article, I compare two governments, and one of them does indulge in that kind of rhetoric more than the other.

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          I dunno man, obviously I don’t like Russia for the dictatorship and propaganda aspect, but if we’re comparing hot German ladies to Russian ladies, someone should really call the Wagner boss for his opinion hahaha

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            8 months ago

            Prigozhin is dead and old tho, I won’t trust his opinion in choosing a date material lol. All women are different, all have their preferences and kinks, and it’s not a question of a race or an ethnicity mostly, but your personal compatibility with this exact girl. Some russian women like what you ennjoy, some don’t, same with germanese.

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        8 months ago

        Yes there are stupid people everywhere. In most places they aren’t literally running the country.