Moscow resident Aleksandra Manshina has been fined 200,000 roubles (approx. US$2,200) under the “LGBT propaganda” law on the internet (Part 3 of Article 6.21 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) because of two videos posted on VKontakte. OVD-Info discovered the rulings from the Babushkinsky District Court of Moscow dated 29 August (1, 2).
The reports on Manshina were compiled by staff from Centre “E.” According to them, the Moscow resident, under the pseudonym “Sasha V-Trusah-Prokhladno,” published a video on her VKontakte page with the title: “Red and Anarcho Skinheads Fight with Straight People to Total Victory” (original spelling retained).
The video, in which the line “Skinheads against prejudice, defending the city from Nazi bastards” is sung, features footage of men kissing and photos from anti-racist and anti-homophobia rallies.
In another video titled “Gay Skins Gay skinhead 88,” there are also shots of men hugging and kissing.
Aleksandra Manshina did not attend the hearings. In its rulings on the fines, the court noted that “the international public LGBT movement and its structural divisions have been recognised as extremist and their activities are prohibited in the territory of the Russian Federation.”
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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