A court in Orenburg convicts 3 people. The city is in Russia near Kazakhstan. They run a club for gay people. The club is called Pose. The court says: The club is an extremist group.
The owner goes to prison for 7 years. The manager goes to prison for 6 years. The art director gets 2 years in prison. The owner pays 1 million Ruble. That is about 11,200 Euro.
Russia calls the LGBT community dangerous. The highest court bans them in 2023. The state calls them an extremist group. Experts say: This group does not exist. The state uses the word for strict bans.
The people say: We are not guilty. The state is very strict against LGBT people. The state bans rainbow flags in public. Books hide facts about being gay. The verdict is not yet rechts-kräftig.
