A year ago, the portal “Guys PLUS” talked about how the second LGBT march took place 15 kilometers from the border with Russia. The concept of such a pride was very simple: since it is impossible to hold a pride in the form of a procession in Russia, LGBT organizations in the Barents region (which includes Arkhangelsk, Murmansk and part of Norway) decided to hold an event of this format.

An information channel about the life of the community of drug users, DUnews, reported that their video “MEPHEDRONE: STAYING ALIVE” was blocked at the request of the Russian authorities in the country. According to them, the video talked about how to reduce the harm from mephedrone and salts. However, the DUnews channel itself was not deleted or blocked. “ On the one hand, for us this is recognition of our work, since a repressive state always cannot stand the truth.