![LGBT activists hold a rainbow flag at a rally in Pushkin Square in Moscow, Russia, in July 2020. In November 2023, Russia’s Supreme Court granted a request from the country’s Justice Ministry to outlaw the "international LGBT movement" as "extremist."](/sites/default/files/media_2023/11/202311eca_russia_lgbt.jpg)
LGBT activists hold a rainbow flag at a rally in Pushkin Square in Moscow, Russia, in July 2020. In November 2023, Russia’s Supreme Court granted a request from the country’s Justice Ministry to outlaw the "international LGBT movement" as "extremist."
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