Getting Worse in Russia -- Government now Raiding Homes of Suspected Homosexuals

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 8/29/13 at 10:21am

This terrifies me. What will stop them from raiding the living quarters of Olympic athletes? It's getting ugly in the toilet bowl of Europe.


** The Russian government's new law condemning so-called gay propaganda has now encouraged people to report their LGBT neighbors to local authorities.

A notice allegedly from the government says any person who suspects that a neighbor or tenant disseminates "homosexual propaganda" should contact the police immediately... **


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Posted: 8/29/13 at 10:31am

This is sick.

Never in my life have I so supported the thought of a covert CIA takedown. Putin is no longer scared to show the world the malicious dicator he aspires to me. And his country follows suit willingly.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 8/29/13 at 10:43am

What's even scarier is the aftermath of that raid.

Shortly after, Alekseyev announced he was closing his Twitter account and giving up activism forever—-not because of government intimidation but because he is "insulted" by an article about him by Michael Lucas in Out Magazine. He also says that he's withdrawing his international human-rights lawsuits against Russia, again supposedly because of this article and other Western media, who are misrepresenting the plight of LGBT Russians.

A man who has devoted years of his life to fighting for the rights of LGBT people suddenly gets his feelings hurt and closes shop?

Something smells really bad here.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 8/29/13 at 10:46am

And the entire membership of the GOP is deeply jealous.

On the other hand, at last now liberals can finally say to conservatives: "Why don't you just go live in Russia?"

[VeraCharles3]

Posted: 8/29/13 at 11:02am

This really is frightening and also infuriating at the injustice of it all. Neighbours turning against neighbours!

Reginald, I agree totally with what you say, was it on this board or another altogether? There have been rumours Alekseyev has been kidnapped and his accounts hacked - hence all these postings that go against all he has fought for?

Updated On: 8/29/13 at 11:02 AM

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 8/29/13 at 11:03am

Vera, I've seen people talking about it on Facebook.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 8/29/13 at 11:04am

I can't find it now, but there was also talk that his mother had been interrogated and her phone, laptop, etc. confiscated.

Again, I have no idea what's true or not, but if he feels she's being threatened, that's another possible motive for his seeming to recant.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/29/13 at 11:40am

I agree with Roscoe.

[Kad]

Posted: 8/29/13 at 12:10pm

There's been a lot of discussion of Alekseyev on my Facebook feed- people think he's being pressured to discredit the protest and shut up.

[tazber]

Posted: 8/29/13 at 1:35pm

Welcome to Nazi Russia.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 8/29/13 at 1:40pm

~ i still don't believe you tazber.

[tazber]

Posted: 8/29/13 at 1:41pm

I still am not sharing Ricky's cell number you Carlos.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 8/29/13 at 1:45pm

~ keep that damn number, you! ....grrrr!!

*meow*

*snap!*

[suestorm]

Posted: 8/29/13 at 2:08pm

This is just one of the reasons why so many former Soviet Unioners are moving to the USA

[SNAFU]

Posted: 8/29/13 at 10:12pm

I have a feelin' Carlos wants to scratch some beyotche's eyes out right about now.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 9/3/13 at 4:16pm

More strangeness from Nikolai Alexeyev

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 9/3/13 at 4:36pm

I found this article linked from yours makes the situation even more confusing. The last part of it included a letter from Nikolai stating he wasn't anti-Semitic. He said the references in his posts from 2011 were about his disgust for the State of Israel for supporting Mubarak.
Article from 2011 Regarding Nicolai Alexeyev's Supposed Anti-Semitism

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/3/13 at 6:11pm

He says he doesn't hate Jews. He just hates "yids" and "jids" and "kikes."

But not Jews.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 9/3/13 at 6:17pm

I take offense with that, some of my friends are "yids" and "jids" and "kikes." and they happen also to be Jewish!. I guess it's the same mindset as any one can be called a N*gger. Homo please!