Mosina’s case, which started on December 13, was the primary since Russia’s Supreme Courtroom declared “the worldwide LGBTQ+ motion” an “extremist” group in November.
Mosina’s attorneys acknowledged she had posted the images earlier than the Supreme Courtroom designation; the court docket discovered her responsible nonetheless.
As Mosina’s trial proceeded, different instances arose. A court docket in Volgograd area in Russia’s southwest fined an area resident 1,000 rubles (€10) for an internet rainbow flag picture, whereas a lady from Nizhny Novgorod, some 400 kilometers east of Moscow, was sentenced to 5 days in jail for sporting rainbow earrings.
“I’m not conscious of any legal guidelines that prohibit the rainbow in Russia,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov instructed journalists on Monday when requested concerning the case. He added that he didn’t not know all the small print and couldn’t remark additional.
Sergey Goryashko is hosted at POLITICO underneath the EU-funded EU4FreeMedia residency program.