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How We Are Fighting for the Russian LGBT Network Website
For several months now, it’s not been possible to login to the domains lgbtnet.org/en/ and old.lgbtnet.org/en — either within the territory of the Russian Federation or abroad. Roskomnadzor has entered them into the unified register of prohibited sites, which is mandatory for all internet service providers. The LGBT Network site does not have a mirror or other…
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The Sphere Team Has Filed an Appeal Against the Liquidation of the Foundation
On July 21, the City Court of St. Petersburg appointed a hearing on the grounds of the appeal for liquidation. The trial will take place on September 7 at 14:45. Vyacheslav Samonov, lawyer of the Sphere team, commented on the appeal: “There were no sufficient legal grounds for the termination of the organization’s activities. Therefore,…
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“Don’t Call Me By My Name”: Russian Authorities’ Plan to Cancel LGBT+ People
On July 18, a group of deputies introduced a bill banning “propaganda of non-traditional relationships.” Instead of the previous attempt to correct the Administrative Code (fortunately rejected), it is proposed to limit the information. Sphere figured out what they’ll want to ban this time. In the explanatory note, the deputies equated information about LGBT+ with…
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What’s Wrong With the New Ban on “LGBT+ Propoganda”
On June 7, the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol submitted to the State Duma of Russia a draft Federal Law No. 138 702−8 “On Amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation.” The amendments will affect the so-called law on “propaganda of homosexuality.” The authors of the bill propose to replace the article of the Administrative Code 6.21 with 6.37. We’ve asked Sphere Foundation lawyers Vyacheslav…
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The Kuibyshevsky District Court of St. Petersburg Liquidates Charitable Foundation Sphere
On April 21, 2022, the judge of the Kuibyshev District Court of St. Petersburg, Tatiana Kuzovkina, issued a decision to liquidate Charitable Foundation Sphere. Vitaly Isakov, lawyer from the Institute of Law and Public Policy, spoke at the court hearing on behalf of Sphere. The plaintiff, representative of the Russian Ministry of Justice, stated in deliberations…
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Sign the Petition Against the Liquidation of CF Sphere
A lawsuit has been filed in the Kuibyshev District Court of the city of St. Petersburg by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation requesting the liquidation of the Charitable Foundation Sphere. The liquidation of Sphere will stop all our activities and we will not be able to help those…
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The Kuibyshev District Court Withdraws the Claim about Liquidation of Sphere
The Kuibyshev District Court of St. Petersburg withdrew the claim by the Main Department of the Ministry of Justice from consideration . The judge pointed out the need to refer to the specific grounds provided for by the current Russian legislation, through which the plaintiff – the Ministry of Justice – asks for liquidation. The…
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Sphere is Under Risk of Liquidation
A lawsuit has been filed in the Kuibyshev District Court of the city of St. Petersburg by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on the liquidation of the Charitable Foundation Sphere, an organization that carries out all of the programs of the Russian LGBT Network. In October 2021, Sphere faced…
