The Supreme Court of Russia today published its ruling approving the Ministry of Justice's order to classify the LGBT movement as "extremist" and declare activists and organizations affiliated with said movement illegal.
The decision of the Russian Court comes after the Ministry of Justice made the request to add LGBT organizations to the Putin Government's blacklist. With this law, the rights of a community and its spokespersons are endangered.
The Government's intention is to have sufficient legal arsenal to persecute the so-called "international LGBT social movement" and prohibit the activities of said movement in the Russian national territory.
This new step in Russian politics is part of a conservative and traditionalist trend with which Putin intends to gain influence in the face of the next presidential elections in 2024, for which he will be running for a new six-year term.
Russian politics often points to the West as a place corrupted by new values that have replaced traditional ones. In this sense, the Russian Administration may prohibit LGBT-related demonstrations, pride marches and other public expressions that promote sexual orientations considered non-traditional or normative.
