LGBT activists hold a rainbow flag at a rally in Pushkin Square in Moscow, Russia, in July 2020. In November 2023, Russia’s Supreme Court granted a request from the country’s Justice Ministry to outlaw the "international LGBT movement" as "extremist."

LGBT activists hold a rainbow flag at a rally in Pushkin Square in Moscow, Russia, in July 2020. In November 2023, Russia’s Supreme Court granted a request from the country’s Justice Ministry to outlaw the "international LGBT movement" as "extremist."

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