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How the courts of St. Petersburg apply a new law on LGBT Propaganda:
In 2023, the courts of St. Petersburg began to apply a new law on the full ban of the LGBT Propaganda. By August 22, they made seven decisions under the new articles of the Code of Administrative Offenses ( Articles 6.21 and 6.21.2 ) and collected 5.4 million rubles for “propaganda”.
"Paper" studied the data of the united press service of city courts. Read who, for what and how much they fined in St. Petersburg over the past eight months.
In six out of seven cases, Petersburg courts fined online cinemas or their employees. In particular, the streaming services of Tricolor Cinema and TV, Wink and OKKO were involved in the proceedings for LGBT Propaganda among minors.
According to the article on LGBT Propagand, they are fined not only in St. Petersburg. So, the courts in Moscow considered cases against KinoPoisk , Premier and Russian Report A.
After fines, some streaming services delete films and TV shows, where they allegedly found LGBT Propaganda, or change the age marking at 18+. In particular, the four editors of the Tricolor Kino and TV online cinema-cinema removed 184 Titla from the library and “distinguished” 25, the press service of the vessels of St. Petersburg said .
KinoPoisk, fined for LGBT propaganda among minors, also changed the age marking “16+” to “18+” on some ribbons, checked “Paper” .
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