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The head of the Russian "Yandex" will stand up before the "LGBT propaganda" - the media

Yandex, the Director of the Subancture in Ukraine, is accused of propaganda of LGBT, since there is no 18+ marking on the "Kinopois" platform. The executive director of the Internet company "Yandex" Artem Savinovsky is threatened with court prosecution in the Russian court for probable offenses in accordance with the so-called law of the country on "LGBT propaganda", Reuters reports.

The petition for Savinovsky was approved a day after the court imposed a fine of 1 million rubles ($ 11,048) on the online dance of these films called "Kinopois", which is Yandex. Representatives of Yandex told reporters that the case against Savinovsky is related to a fine for "improper labeling of LGBT films". It is said that some movies from the Kinopoiss base do not have a "18+" label. This case is administrative, not criminal and does not carry public danger.

Yandex stated that they would challenge any court decision against their CEO. Russia increases the suppression of LGBT rights that President Vladimir Putin tries to present as a evidence of moral decline in Western countries from which Russia should be protected. Last December, Putin signed a law that extends restrictions on propaganda of what he calls "LGBT propaganda", in fact prohibiting any public expression of the behavior or lifestyle of lesbians, gays, bisexuals or transgender in Russia.

President Volodymyr Zelensky entered into force the decision of the National Security and Defense Council on the imposition of sanctions against 254 legal entities, including Yandex, VK and Rambler company, as well as other Russian IT companies and entrepreneurs. This is stated in the Presidential Decree 227/2023 of April 15, 2023. Restrictions relate to the blocking of assets, the complete termination of trade operations, the prevention of capital withdrawal outside Ukraine and more.

The term of application of the sanction is designed for 10 years. Earlier, Focus wrote that music services in the Russian Federation began to block the song "Oh in the meadow of red viburnum". The composition on the Yandex Music Strinking platform is blocked at the request of Roskomnadzor. It should be noted that in the occupied Crimea there was a scandal through the Ukrainian folk song "Oh in the meadow of red viburnum". Olga Valeyeva, the winner of Mrs.