After Russia’s Supreme Court declared the «international LGBT public movement» an extremist organization in 2023, queer people have had to look for new ways to protect themselves. For some women, that way has been marriage to a man: it allows them to look «like everyone else» in the eyes of others and enjoy the corresponding social privileges. But safety comes at the cost of hiding oneself and new psychological trauma. «Most» tells four such stories.

#state #lifeinRussia #queerwomen #LGBTQ #personalexperience #society #humanrights #repressionsinRussia #stigma #survivalstrategies #feminism

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19-year-old Anna Victoria Politkovskaya, the granddaughter of the murdered Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya, spoke at a meeting of the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights. She called for a pan-European mechanism for the emergency issuance of humanitarian visas for people who cannot safely remain in Russia.

#AnnaViktoriaPolitkovskaja #EuropeanParliament #LGBTcommunity #repressionsinRussia #Russia #NorthCaucasus

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In Krasnoyarsk, producer of educational projects and former employee of the Tomsk TV company TV2 Elena Matushevskaya was detained. She is accused of donating to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK); today she is to be transferred to Tomsk, and tomorrow a court hearing there will be held to choose a preventive measure.

#Krasnoyarsk #repressionsinRussia #RKN #Serbia #TV2 #Tomsk #FBK #Emigration

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Nine years of imprisonment in absentia were requested for ASTRA founder and editor-in-chief Anastasia Chumakova in the case of military «fakes» and violation of the rules governing the activities of a «foreign agent». The case is being heard in her absence; Chumakova is outside Russia.

#astra #AnastasiaChumakova #Bucha #WarinUkraine #ArmedForcesoftheRussianFederation #foreignagent #repressionsinRussia #CriminalCodeoftheRussianFederation

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