'We're not hidg': Gay and lbian Rsians say a cultural shift is unrway

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Rsian forc are huntg down gay men, rapg and stratg them. We spoke wh a war crim vtigator to fd out what's happeng and what's beg done to get jtice for the victims.

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GAY MAN RSIA FORCED TO HIDG OVER YOUTUBE TERVIEW

A gay Rsian man is hidg after Rsian thori opened a crimal se over a YouTube vio which he was terviewed by children, a se that has drawn attentn om human-rights activists. * russian gay male *

The untry as a whole has a reputatn of profound homophobia. Chechen lear: 'We don't have any gays'. A gay Rsian man is hidg after Rsian thori opened a crimal se over a YouTube vio which he was terviewed by children, a se that has drawn attentn om human-rights activists.

'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY

Maxim Pankratov told CNN he was facg threats and a potentially lengthy prison sentence for appearg the vio discsg his life as an openly gay man Rsia. The vio, origally posted on the Rsian-language “Real Talk” YouTube channel, featured four children terviewg Pankratov, 22, about his life and his inty as a gay man. The format of the vio is simple: Pankratov and his terviewers face each other chairs agast a blue background, and the children ask simple qutns: “How did you know you were gay?

“It was about what ’s like to be a gay man Rsia and how I live.

1 5 RSIANS WANT GAYS AND LBIANS 'ELIMATED,' SURVEY FDS

Rsia has a rerd of official hostily toward gay rights. ” The law – which prohibs public discsn of gay rights and relatnships anywhere children may be prent – has drawn wispread ternatnal nmnatn.

In 2017, a European urt led that the law was discrimatory, promoted homophobia and vlated the European Conventn on Human Rights.

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1 5 Rsians want gays and lbians 'elimated,' survey fds.

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