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Three men jailed for hosting drag shows in Russia

Three men jailed for hosting drag shows in Russia

The owner of a gay bar and two of his employees have been sentenced to jail in Russia for hosting drag shows. The three received sentences ranging from two to seven years in prison in what became Russia’s first criminal case targeting people accused of belonging to the “international LGBT movement”.

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