Florida Agenda » fines of up to $15k http://floridaagenda.com Florida Agenda Your Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender News and Entertainment Resource Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:41:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 St. Petersburg Officials Announce 73 Prosecutions under “Gay Propaganda” Ban http://floridaagenda.com/2012/07/25/st-petersburg-officials-announce-73-prosecutions-under-%e2%80%9cgay-propaganda%e2%80%9d-ban/ http://floridaagenda.com/2012/07/25/st-petersburg-officials-announce-73-prosecutions-under-%e2%80%9cgay-propaganda%e2%80%9d-ban/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:52:36 +0000 FAdmin http://floridaagenda.com/?p=15493 ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA – St Petersburg Police officials say that dozens of LGBT people have been prosecuted for engaging in “homosexual propaganda” since the city introduced its ban four months ago. According to St Petersburg Police Chief Sergei Umnov, “Seventythree people have been prosecuted for homosexual propaganda, and one person for pedophile propaganda.”

The law was passed in February by St Petersburg’s city assembly, after the introduction of similar laws in the Russian areas of Ryazan in 2006, and Arkhangelsk in 2011. It calls for punishment of “homosexual propaganda” and “pedophile propaganda” with fines of up to $15,600.

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