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In June Russia passed a law banning the distribution of information about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender LGBT relationships to children. The law effectively legalizes discrimination based on sexual orientation. Its passage coincided with a ratcheting up of homophobic rhetoric in state media and an increase in homophobic violence around the country. All over Russia there has been an increase in attacks by vigilante groups and individuals against LGBT people in the past two years.

Club owners told The Insider that while a significant part of their former customer base has left Russia, plenty of their younger patrons still find it hard to believe that the Kremlin is serious about eradicating all public manifestations of gay life. In early December , after operating in St. Petersburg for nearly twenty years, the gay club Central Station closed its doors without even waiting for a visit from law enforcement. Staff members from the Pose club in Orenburg suffered an even worse fate.

In late , Alexander Stein began posting about LGBT issues on Facebook and Russian social media site Vkontakte. He shared links to news articles on gay marriage laws in European countries and images promoting tolerance. The messages warned him to stop posting his liberal opinions, and that he would pay the price for supporting gay rights. Friendships with Americans which he thought could bring him unwanted attention were put on the back burner.