The Ministry of Justice of Stavropol announced that the rainbow flag is a prohibited symbol - due to the ban on the “international LGBT movement”

The Ministry of Justice of the Stavropol Territory, in its response to a user of the social network X (former Twitter), explained that a statement about “belonging to the LGBT movement,” which the Supreme Court declared “extremist,” can be equated to participation in it. attention to this . drew Sota

What is meant by a “statement of belonging to the LGBT movement” is not explained in the response of the Ministry of Justice.

In addition, the Stavropol Ministry of Justice recalled that throughout Russia the “use, propaganda and demonstration” of the symbols of the “LGBTQ movement,” to which the department included, among other things, the rainbow flag, is prohibited.

A user of the social network X, who contacted the Stavropol Ministry of Justice, says that this request was not the only one, but not a single regional department has yet responded to her that the rainbow flag is not prohibited.

• On November 30, the Supreme Court of Russia, at the request of the Ministry of Justice, declared the non-existent “LGBT social movement” “extremist.”
• Now signs of “LGBT propaganda” are found almost everywhere: on December 27, a court in Moscow fined the Eksmo publishing house 900 thousand rubles under the article on “LGBT propaganda” because of the comic book “Gennady the Dove.” A few days earlier, another court declared the “almost naked” party of blogger Nastya Ivleeva to be “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations.”
• Also, after the “LGBTQ movement” was declared extremist, raids began on clubs where parties for the LGBTQ community were held, and the oldest gay club in the city, “Central Station,” was closed in St. Petersburg.