A court in Russia's Tatarstan region on July 16 fined feminist activist Dina Nurm and her partner, Anastasia Goncharenko, 100,000 rubles ($1,130) each for "propagating LGBT relations." The charge stemmed from the online photos they posted in which, the court said, they "hug, kiss, and touch each other." The co-founder of the FemKyzlar feminist group, Nurm called the court ruling politically motivated. Nurm and Goncharenko left Russia for Serbia in March. So-called "LGBT propaganda" has been banned in Russia since December 2022. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Idel.Realities, click here.
