The St. Petersburg City Court recognized it as an “extremist” organization. “Russian LGBT Network” The joint press service of the St. Petersburg courts reported that their activities in Russia were banned.
The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation filed a lawsuit. The case was considered closed to the press and public.
In 2023, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation declared the non-existent “international LGBT social movement” an “extremist organization” and banned its activities in the country.
how Notes Published “7×7”, this is the sixth such decision regarding the LGBT initiative in Russia over the past few weeks. Previously, the Samara queer organization “Irida”, the LGBTQ group “Vykhod”, the Yekaterinburg LGBT Resource Center, the media “Parni+”, and the Moscow Community Center for LGBT+ Initiatives were declared “extremist”.
In 2021, the Ministry of Justice recognized the Russian LGBT Network and its co-founder Igor Kochetkov as “foreign agents.”
