A Moscow resident has been fined under the “LGBT propaganda” law (part 3, article 6.21 of the Administrative Code) because of a pornographic meme entitled “Initiation into Nazis (bones).” This decision was highlighted by the publication Parni+.
According to the court’s decision, the Moscow resident’s page contained a two-minute video in which a man shaves his head, laces up white shoelaces on high boots, and then performs oral sex with two skinheads. Several times during the video, images of a swastika are shown. At the end of the video, the text “Join our ranks!!!” appears.
The authorities also found “LGBT propaganda” in two photographs on the Moscow resident’s page. One of these has now been deleted; in the other, two men with a rainbow umbrella are depicted as if about to kiss.
At the hearing, the young man said he had posted the photos and video “for humorous purposes.” The Babushkinsky District Court fined him 100,000 rubles (approximately US$1,070).
Because of the same video, the Moscow resident was also fined 2,000 rubles (approximately US$21) for displaying Nazi symbols (part 1, article 20.3 of the Administrative Code).
Both decisions were issued by the court on 29 April.
Asya Sokolova for OVD-Info
The adoption of the “LGBT propaganda” law marked not only widespread censorship but also intensified repression against LGBTQ people and the organisations that support them. With the designation of the “International LGBT Movement” as an “extremist organisation,” this pressure has increased once again.
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