The Moscow Police carried out several club raids LGBT from the Russian capital on Friday night and early Saturday morning, according to local media.
“The raids have been carried out in Moscow since 10:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. GMT)” on Friday, the Telegram channel Ostorozhno Moskva (Beware Moscow) has indicated.
According to the channel, the agents arrived at these facilities and asked those present for their identity documents. After photographing the documents, the Police let the people who were in the clubs go. Furthermore, according to witnesses cited by Ostorozhno Moskva, the Police raided several saunas with the excuse that they were looking for drugs.
“Everything is carried out under the excuse of a regular drug raid. No violations were detected, but they spoiled people’s rest. In the sauna they behaved in a disrespectful way, They forced people to lie face down on the floor“, the media has indicated.
According to the medium Sotapolice broke into three stores in the center of Moscow, also with the excuse of an anti-drug operation.