MOSCOW (AP) — Russian state media have reported that police raided several bars and nightclubs across Moscow as part of the government’s LGBTQ+ crackdown. , Russia’s Tass news agency reported Saturday that smartphones, laptops and video cameras were seized while clubgoers had their documents inspected by officers. The raids come exactly a year since Russia’s Supreme Court ruled that the “LGBTQ+ movement” should be banned as an “extremist organization.”
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