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Russia adds “LGBT movement” to list of extremist and terrorist organisations

By Thomson Reuters Mar 22, 2024 | 7:19 AM

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has added what it calls the “LGBT movement” to a list of extremist and terrorist organisations, state news agency TASS said on Friday.

The list is maintained by an agency called Rosfinmonitoring that has powers to freeze the bank accounts of people on the list.

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Toby Chopra)