Recently, a lot of media has been covering the outbreaks and new development's in Russia's gay rights movement. Protestors and gay rights activists have been in a battle with anti-gay citizens and with the Russian government as a whole over the past few weeks. With fights and rallies turning into places of casualties and hate filled disputes it is safe to say that without support LGBT citizens will have a very long struggle against Russian government and the ideals within their citizens.
The Russian government has set in place a "gay propaganda law" which prohibits any promoting of "non-traditional" relationships. Taking part in gay rights rallies and even so much as speaking out and saying you support same sex relationships can lead to being accused of violating this law. While this law is in place, only recently have the first two people been convicted of it. However, even though this is a highly controversial jurisdiction system set in place it doesn't show signs of slowing down.
The next Olympics are being held in Russia and many have brought up the controversy of having the Olympics take place in a country with so much hostility while many athletes themselves are gay, such as Tom Daley. Lady Gaga has openly spoken out at her desire for there to be no support of the Olympic games until the Russian government supports gay rights and is more accepting.
This article from BuzzFeed touches on these topics
http://www.buzzfeed.com/tonymerevick/leading-russian-gay-activists-fined-under-federal-propaganda
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