A wide-ranging investigation by the Wall Street Journal has uncovered evidence linking Russian cash to an anti-LGBTQ+ U.S. activist who helped promote “Kill the Gays” laws in Uganda and across Africa. The publication found a large infusion of Russian cash helped fund an international conference in Uganda organized by Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ activist Sharon Slater and her Arizona-based Family Watch International organization to promote deadly queerphobic laws in the continent. Emails, WhatsApp messages and interviews with conference attendees indicate Russia transferred $300,000 to help cover the costs of the March 2023 event. The conference occurred around the passage of Uganda’s precedent-setting Anti-Homosexuality Law, which mandates the death penalty for repeat homosexual offenders.