Owner of Siberian gay club charged with ‘extremism’ and placed under house arrest

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10/28/2024

An unnamed 22-year-old woman who owns a gay club that was raided by police in the Siberian city of Chita has been placed under house arrest after being charged with extremism and now faces up to 10 years behind bars, regional media outlet Chita.ru reported on Monday. According to far-right Russian blogger Vladislav Pozdnyakov, police raided the club in Chita where, he claimed, trans people “held orgies”. Pozdnyakov, who used to head the banned nationalist group Male State, posted videos of the raid online, in which police can be seen forcing club patrons and drag performers to lie down on the floor where they interrogated them. The nightclub, Jackson, was a private establishment with a strict door policy that was only open to visitors who had called in advance, sources told Chita.ru.

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