State Propaganda intolerance

On June 30, 2013, amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation entered into force, which added article 6.21 to it on "promoting non -traditional sexual relations among minors." The article provides for a fine of four thousand to five thousand rubles.

The article is already used against LGBT activists. So far, not a single court decision has been made, but it is quite possible that the first victims of the new legislative initiative will be very soon. Several activists are already waiting for courts on charges of violation of Article 6.21.

The Dutch in Russia

On July 21, four Netherlands citizens were fined by employees of the Federal Migration Service during a lecture by the representative of the Dutch organization LGBT-Groningen, a member of the City Council of Groningen Chris Van Der Van about the international and European understanding of human rights. The lecture was held as part of the "Youth Human Right Camp" at the Fregat camp site in Murmansk.

Employees of the FMS, accompanied by representatives of the FSB and the police, interrupted the event and said that the Dutch falsely indicated the purpose of their visit to Russia. In their opinion, the shooting of the film (whom the visits were busy in Murmansk) did not correspond to the declared goal, formulated as participation in cultural meetings. All four were fined three thousand rubles.

The footage was removed, and when it was found that the video was dedicated to the problems of protecting the rights of LGBT, the police began to find out how many years to those who starred in the film. It turned out that one of them is 17 years old, although she assured the film crew, which was an adult.

The actions of foreigners were regarded as "the propaganda of non -traditional sexual relations among minors." They were detained and interrogated about eight hours. The case of an administrative offense was transferred to the Leninsky District Court of Murmansk.

On July 23, all four Dutch were banned from entering Russia for three years.

"To be gay is normal"

LGBT promotion at the children's library

On July 24, Gay Activist Alexei Davydov entered a solitary promotion at the Russian State Children's Library in Moscow. He turned the poster "to be gay - this is normal", for which he was detained by police officers. The remaining five activists - Roman Petrishchev, Nikita Guryanov, Ildar Dadin, Nyx Namen and Raid Lynn - were detained for being at the place of the action. They did not participate in the action, stood at a short distance from the picketer and led video.

The detainees were delivered to the Yakimanka police department, where protocols were drawn up on them under Articles 6.21 and 20.2 (violation of the public event) of the Code of Administrative Offenses in the police department, the detainees spent seven hours.

Davydov decided to carry out a single picket after a rally was banned in the same place, the purpose of which was to disseminate information about the nature of homosexuality among visitors to the library, the inadmissibility of homophobia and discrimination of LGBT minors. The rally was prohibited as "promoting non -traditional sexual relations."

At the moment, six administrative cases have been transferred to Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow, meetings on them have not yet been scheduled. In case of punishment of activists under Art. 6.21 They intend to appeal the decision in the Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights.

"Love of gays is normal"

On June 29 and 30, a 24-year-old economist and organizer of the failed gay parade in Kazan Dmitry Isakov held single pickets against a homophobic amendment to the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

On June 29, Isakov was detained after the action, on which he stood with the poster "to be gay and love gays is normal. To beat gays and kill gays is criminal!" On the way home, the police grabbed him and delivered Yapeev to the Department of Internal Affairs. There, Isakov was threatened by reprisal, insulted, promised to do bone marrow puncture to use it to factory a case of rape of young people.

Due to the hard detention of the young man, he had to be taken to the emergency room, from where he went home.

On the night of June 30, two in a police uniform burst home to Isakov, but left, not having achieved anything. On June 30, Isakov again went outside with a new poster "Freedom to gays and lesbians of Russia! Down with the power of the Nazis and homophobs!" He was not allowed to hold the action.

The police officers with the assistance of Isakov’s parents detained him (his mother broke the poster, his father helped to deliver his son to the car carrier), again delivered to Yapeev, from where they released a few hours later without drawing up the protocol.

On August 26, Isakov was against “propaganda of non -traditional sexual relations among minors”, based on a statement by a minor resident of the Arkhangelsk region Eric Fedoseyev, who learned about the picket of Isakov, which was held on June 30. The applicant said that he is forced to “write this text”, who “does not like people of non -traditional sexual orientation and friends of mother.” The teenager expressed the hope that for his act he would receive a “letter of the name Bastrykin” in order to “get into the cadet corps”, where he is not taken now due to vision problems.

In the near future, administrative material in relation to Isakov will be transferred to the court.

Pilot regions

They tried to involve the “gay propaganda” before the adoption of Article 6.21 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation. At the local level, in some regions there were regulatory acts that allow people to punish for this “offense”.

In 2009, in Ryazan, each gay activists Irina Fedotova (Fet) and Nikolai Baev were sentenced to a fine of one and a half thousand rubles. They took to the streets of the city with posters "homosexuality is normal" and "I am proud of my homosexuality. Ask me about it." The action was held during the day near the schools of Ryazan and at the Ryazan Regional Children's Library. In the fall of 2012, the UN Human Rights Committee in the Irina Fedotova case against Russia recognized the Ryazan law to be a contradictory pact on civil and political rights.

On January 11, 2012, Nikolai Alekseev, Kirill Nepomnya and Alexei Kiselev, were detained and condemned for conducting single pickets and a fine of two thousand rubles. They held pickets at the regional children's library and held in their hands the posters “Russia occupies 1st place in the world in the suicide of adolescents. Among them, a huge share is homosexuals. They take this step due to the lack of information about their nature. Deputies-deputies, homosexuality are good! ”,“ Children have the right to know by virtue of Art. 13 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Great people are also gays. Gays also become great. Homosexuality is normal! " And “homosexuality is a healthy form of sexuality. Both children and adults should know about this! ”

In May 2012, in St. Petersburg, gay activist Nikolai Alekseev was convicted of “propaganda” for a single picket on April 12 at the entrance to Smolny. Alekseev launched the poster “homosexuality - not a perversion. Perversion is hockey on the grass and ballet on ice! "