The law, now applicable to all age groups, carries penalties including fines and up to 15 days in jail. We are facing unprecedented challenges. Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has designated The Moscow Times as an "undesirable" organization, criminalizing our work and putting our staff at risk of prosecution. This follows our earlier unjust labeling as a "foreign agent.
This April Fools' Day, the joke could be on United Russia as Yaroslavl voters head to the polls for a mayoral runoff election. Opposition parties and groups have thrown their support behind Yevgeny Urlashov, a municipal deputy with a law background — and until September, a member of United Russia. The runoff in the city of , will be the first major test for the ruling party since its disputed win in the December State Duma elections. Outrage over accusations that United Russia rigged those elections to ensure victory gave rise to a sustained opposition movement.
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A gay club was shut down in the Russian city of Kirov on 8 November and its owner and three drag artists charged with extremist offences. Police had raided the club the week before, and a few days before that security forces raided drag shows in the cities of Chita and Yaroslavl too. Law enforcement has also shown up at events that had nothing to do with the LGBT community, such as furry meetings and board-game nights. There were more unexpected cases too, quite aside from less surprising instances of police applying pressure to organisers of sex parties.