Russian court bans LGBT prostitution, says 'you've crossed the border'

Earlier this month, the Ministry of Justice of Russia filed a lawsuit against the movement, saying that the activities of the "LGBT movement" are an example of a "group with a stance of tax evasion" and especially due to its movement to sow the seeds of religious and social discord in of that country. According to the news agency RIA Novosti, the case that was heard last Thursday by the Supreme Court of Russia in a private session took four hours before its verdict was delivered. Anti-LGBTQ protests in Africa Reading the judgment of the case, Judge Oleg Nefedov said, "the international LGBT movement" has positions to deny the fees and officially declared that it is banned from conducting its activities on Russian soil. Over the past few years, Russia has been gradually increasing the severity of its laws aimed at combating the spread of what has been described as "LGBT ideology." Following the release of the judgment that officially recognizes those who are involved in the actions of the LGBT group as "border breakers" who will declare themselves to be involved in fornication, prostitution and transgenderism in Russia apart from other actions of the group, they can be sentenced to many years in prison. The Orthodox Church led by Patriarch Kirill, close to President Vladimir Putin, has welcomed the verdict. "It is a form of moral self-defense for society," said Vakhtang Kipshidze, an official of the Church in Moscow. The move has also been praised by Chechnya, a region of the Russian Federation whose majority of residents are Muslims. The regional minister Akhmed Dudaev has said, Russia has shown once again that neither the West as a whole nor the United States will be able to rob the country of its most important things, which are its religious and national identity.../