In Samara, an activist was accused of promoting homosexuality for reposting on a social network

Activist of “Avers” and the Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights Evdokia Romanova was accused of “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations among minors” under Part 2 of Art. 6.21 Code of Administrative Offences. This was reported by Russian Communications Manager Svetlana Zakharova.

LGBT movementsOVD-InfoLGBT networksOn Wednesday, July 26, Romanova received a call from the police and asked to come to the department to give testimony. The police department informed the activist that an administrative case had been opened against her.

The basis for the investigation was Romanova’s Facebook posts made in 2015 and 2016. We are talking about materials from the English-language groups of the Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights, dedicated to the problems of .

The LGBT community activist refused to testify, citing an article of the Constitution, and did not agree with the offense charged against her.

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