The defendants in Russia's first case of the “LGBT movement” were sentenced to terms of up to seven years in prison

The Central District Court of Orenburg sentenced three defendants in the first known criminal case about the “extremist LGBT movement” to real terms. The press service of the court reported this.

Sentences . The case is related to the work of the Orenburg bar Pose. The owner of the bar, Vyacheslav Khasanov, was sentenced to seven years in prison, the administrator Diana Kamilyanova to six years and three months, and the art director Alexander Klimov to two years and three months.

More than a million rubles were also recovered from Khasanov as “proceeds from criminal activities.”

All three were charged with organizing and participating in the activities of an “extremist organization.” None of the defendants admitted guilt.

The crux of the matter. According to investigators, Kamilyanova filmed performances by drag queen artists, and Klimov held meetings with the artists and “promoted LGBT relationships.”

A criminal case was opened in March 2024 - this was the first such case after the Russian Supreme Court declared the LGBT movement extremist in November 2023. Khasanov, Kamilyanova and Klimov were added to the list of “extremists and terrorists” after their arrest. Activists from the Orenburg branch of the Russian Community left denunciations of the establishment.