What is LGBT rights in Russia?
{{LGBTQ sidebar}} In the [[Russian Federation]], same-gender [[sexual intercourse|sexual activities]] are legal.<ref>{{cite news|title=Russia's Treatment of Homosexuals|publisher=The Refworld|url=http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ae6ad788c.html|access-date=December 24, 2023|archive-date=October 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008022812/http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ae6ad788c.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> Pro-[[LGBT]] [[advocacy]] are classified for being [[extremism|extremist]]. Also, most of Russia's [[population]] are not tolerant of [[homosexuality]]. Promoting homosexuality in the country is also illegal and is punishable by prison with torture up to the death penalty.<ref>{{cite news|title=Russia Declares My Little Pony 18 and over with Ongoing LGBTQ Crackdown|publisher=The Pink News|url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/07/russia-my-little-pony-18|access-date=December 24, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Brutale Verfolgung von LGBTQ* in Tschetschenien|url=https://www.ecchr.eu/fall/verfolgung-lgbtq-tschetschenien/|access-date=2024-02-02|website=www.ecchr.eu|language=de-DE}}</ref> Russia does not provide any anti-[[discrimination]] for those of whom are LGBT. In fact Russia has long had views of homosexuality which are very negative and condemning. On November 30, 2023 the Russian government banned the LGBT community from protesting and spreading activism of the LGBT movement within the country.<ref>{{cite news|title=Russia's Supreme Courts Ban the Entire LGBTQ Movement|publisher=SkyNews|url=https://news.sky.com/story/russian-supreme-court-bans-the-whole-lgbtq-movement-and-brands-activists-extremists-13019582|access-date=December 24, 2023}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{World topic|LGBT rights in |title = [[LGBTQ rights]] by country}} {{Russia topics}} {{multistub|history|asia|Europe}} [[Category:Human rights in Russia]] [[Category:LGBT rights]]