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Gay rights activists carry rainbow flags as they march during a May Day rally in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, May 1, 2013. Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism, in the most drastic step against advocates of gay, lesbian and transgender rights in the increasingly conservative country. (AP Photo, File)

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Russia’s Supreme Court effectively outlaws LGBTQ+ activism in a landmark ruling
By DASHA LITVINOVA - Associated Press
Thu,11/30/23-6:21AM , 35 Reads
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russia’s Supreme Court effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism on Thursday, the most drastic step against advocates of gay, lesbian and transgender rights in the increasingly conservative country.
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Sasha Skochilenko, a 33 year-old artist and musician cries standing behind bars in the court room in the Vasileostrovsky district court in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Skochilenko has been convicted of spreading false information about the military and sentenced to 7 years in prison after replacing several supermarket price tags with slogans criticizing Russia's military action in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

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Russian artist who protested Ukraine war gets 7 years in prison in latest crackdown on free speech
By DASHA LITVINOVA - Associated Press
Thu,11/16/23-6:43AM , 28 Reads
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Russian court on Thursday convicted an artist and musician for swapping supermarket price tags with antiwar messages, sentencing her to seven years in prison in one of the highest-profile cases involving the recent crackdown on free speech.
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People in the crowd walk shouting antisemitic slogans at an airfield of the airport in Makhachkala, Russia, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Russian news agencies and social media say hundreds of people have stormed into the main airport in the Dagestan region and onto the landing field to protest the arrival of an airliner coming from Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo)

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Israeli envoy to Russia says Tel Aviv passengers hid from weekend airport riot in terminal
By DASHA LITVINOVA - Associated Press
Wed,11/01/23-8:51AM , 28 Reads
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Israel’s ambassador to Moscow gave new details Wednesday of the weekend riot at an airport in southern Russia when a flight from Tel Aviv landed there, saying some of the passengers had to hide in the terminal before being flown by helicopter to safety.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a midnight Mass on Russian Orthodox Christmas in the village of Turginovo, about 150 kilometers (90 miles) northwest of Turginovo, Russia on Jan. 7, 2016. As Putin has formed a closer alliance with the Orthodox Church, the country has embraced what officials call “traditional values,” and Russia has sought to put more restrictions on abortion. Russia’s health minister has condemned women for prioritizing careers over childbearing. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

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Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn
By DASHA LITVINOVA - Associated Press
Thu,10/26/23-11:47PM , 28 Reads
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Despite its last-minute scheduling, the meeting at a bookstore in Russia’s westernmost city of Kaliningrad still drew about 60 people, with many outraged by a lawmaker’s efforts to ban abortions in local private clinics.
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