‘Putin personally allowed me to hunt them’: How fraudsters use repression against LGBTQ+ people in Russia

LGBTQ+ individuals find it harder to ask for help, making them easy targets for criminals

Originally published on Global Voices

Activists in Madrid protest LGBTQ+ rights violations in Russia. “El amor siempre gana” translates as “Love always wins.” Image by gaelx via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0.

This article was originally published in the online magazine Baikal People. Global Voices is republishing a translated and edited version, with permission.

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