A Russian court on Wednesday ordered a bar administrator and its art director to be placed in custody, accusing them of organising an "extremist organisation" under new legislation criminalising the LGBTQ community.
It is the first criminal case of its kind since Russia banned the so-called "international LGBT movement" in November, amid an accelerating crackdown on the community.
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