LGBT activist Alexey Sergeev poses for a picture in Saint Petersburg, Russia November 25, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - Members of Russia's LGBTQ community fear a court ruling due on Thursday will label them "extremists" and pave the way for arrests and prosecutions of those who speak out for gay and transgender people.
Russia's justice ministry asked the Supreme Court this month to recognise what it called "the international LGBT social movement" as extremist and to ban its activities.
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