A court in the central Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod has jailed a woman for wearing rainbow earrings, the human rights group Egida reported late Wednesday, marking the second case of its kind after Russia banned the so-called “LGBT movement” as an “extremist” organization in November. According to Egida, law enforcement agents tasked with combating “extremism” detained the woman after a group of “aggressive people” approached her and her friend at a local cafe and filmed them on camera.
Bad take.
No government should be able to stop people from expressing themselves in whatever way they see fit, as long as that expression isn’t hurting other people.
I know Russia used to be the seat of the USSR, but that doesn’t mean I have to give the modern, chuddified nation it’s become benefit of the doubt.