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Russia Orders Deportation Of German Citizen For Violating 'Gay Propaganda' Law


People wave rainbow flags during a gay-pride rally in St. Petersburg in 2017.
People wave rainbow flags during a gay-pride rally in St. Petersburg in 2017.

A court in Russia’s Far Eastern region of Kamchatka has ordered the deportation of a German citizen for allegedly violating Russia’s law on promoting homosexuality, often called the "gay propaganda" law. The court announced on April 6 that the unnamed foreigner was also fined 150,000 rubles. According to the report, the defendant pleaded guilty. Earlier in the month, a court in Kazan, the capital of the Tatarstan region, ordered the deportation of a Chinese citizen for similar alleged violations. To read the original article by RFE/RL’s Siberia.Realities, click here.

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