MOSCOW, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Russia's parliament on Thursday passed the third and final reading of a law that expands an existing ban on promoting "LGBT propaganda" to children by banning it among people of all ages.

Under the new law any event or act regarded as an attempt to promote homosexuality - including online, in film, books, advertising or in public - could incur a heavy fine.

The fine will be up to 400,000 roubles ($6,600) for individuals and up to 5 million roubles ($82,100) for legal entities. Foreigners could face 15 days of arrest and subsequent expulsion from the country.

Critics see the move as an attempt to further intimidate and oppress sexual minorities in Russia, where authorities have already used existing laws to stop gay pride marches and detain gay rights activists.

Lawmakers say they are defending morality in the face of what they argue are "un-Russian" decadent values promoted by the West. But human rights groups say the moves are designed to outlaw representation of minorities such as lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people (LGBT) in public life.

"LGBT today is an element of hybrid warfare and in this hybrid warfare we must protect our values, our society and our children," Alexander Khinstein, one of the bill's architects, said last month.

LGBT Network, which offers legal aid, has called the legislation an "absurd" attempt to humiliate and discriminate against the LGBT community.

TikTok, a video-sharing app, was fined 3 million roubles last month for promoting "videos with LGBT themes", while Russia's media regulator asked publishing houses to look at withdrawing all books containing "LGBT propaganda" from sale.

advanceDNA:


Ban or no ban....U cant really stop pple from fvcking behind closed doors....thats what sex was supposed to be in the first place until the alphabet pple came and started doing their madness and even dragging kids into it

... they are the only minority group that wants to force everyone to become like them including innocent children..... fvckimg psychos
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seunny4lif:

LGBT is illegal in Nigeria but what can Government do to those behind closed door or the highest elite in Nigeria that are doing it

opamoses1:
But LGBT itself is still legal in Russia. Why don't they just ban it outright.

opamoses1:
But LGBT itself is still legal in Russia. Why don't they just ban it outright.

Elmojiid:
Country wey get sense... How on earth I go Dey yansh my fellow man taaa.

opamoses1:
But LGBT itself is still legal in Russia. Why don't they just ban it outright.

Two02:


https://www.reuters.com/world/russias-parliament-passes-law-banning-lgbt-propaganda-among-adults-2022-11-24/

lhordspy:
I am fully in support of this.

If you notice, this evil western culture are now starting to creep into the affairs minors. They are now exposed to this evil things at early stages and tender age in western countries. Infact a male child is now allowed to wear skirt to school, play with female toys and use female bathroom in minor-schools in some state in the US.

They are now seducing and misleading this minors into evil at early stage.

Big ups to Russia for not going after the wings and many hands but cutting the head of completely. And extending the law to the root and minors.


Good riddance to bad rubbish.