Russia's lower parliament, the Duma, has passed a law banning "LGBT Propaganda", expanding the previous similar law to all ages.
This law bans Russians from "promoting" LGBTQ+ relationships or advocating that they're normal, and any Russian citizen who does it will be fined up to $6600, or $82000 if it's an organization, as for foreigners, they face the risk of up to 15 days of jail or being deported to their home country.
This law will now be passed to Russia's upper parliament, and then will be passed to be signed by Putin.
The history of LGBTQ+ rights in Russia has never been the brightest, publicly, LGBTQ+ relationships have been legalized since 1993, and transgender Russians were able to change their gender in ID documents since 1997, but in the recent years, things have changed quite a bit, as LGBTQ+ parades were denied by Russian authorities and many LGBTQ+ individuals were arrested, and the final nail in the coffin was the passing of the "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relationships" law in 2013, which effectively banned all LGBTQ+ "propaganda" for minors.
