A Russian official in the Samara region has resigned after a federal lawmaker accused him of being in a relationship with a man.State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshteinsingled out Sergei Burtsev, the Samara regions Minister of Youth Policy, accusing him of being in a long-term relationship with one of his male assistants.
In a lengthy social media post, Khinshtein claimed he had outed Burtsev to protect traditional family values and dismantle a secret gay lobby influencing young Russians.Yes, a persons private life is their own business.
I wouldnt be writing this if we were talking about any other official, Khinshtein wrote on the messaging app Telegram on Thursday.
But not about the minister directly responsible for implementing youth policy in a multimillion[-populated] region rocked by LGBT scandals.Thats when it becomes clear where gay propagandists, gay youth activists and school tutors who run gay social media pages come from in Burtsevs department, he added.Khinshteins allegations follow Russias Supreme Court ruling last November that designated a vaguely defined international LGBT public movement as a banned extremist organization.
Civil rights activists say the extremist label enables the Russian authorities to prosecute anyone linked to LGBTQ+ lifestyles or symbols.Last month, two managers of a gay bar in Orenburg, a city in the region of the same name that neighbors Samara, became the first people in Russia to face criminal LGBTQ+ extremism charges.
They could be jailed for up to 10 years if found guilty of organizing extremist activities.In his posts outing Burtsev, Khinshtein said that entrusting youth policy to people like him is not just dangerous but criminal, claiming to have submitted relevant requests to local law enforcement bodies and the governor of the Samara region.Burtsev announced his resignation later on Thursday evening.While I absolutely disagree with and refute the assumptions that were voiced, I consider it wrong to cast a shadow on the regions youth policy, Burtsevwrote on the Russian social network VKontakte.
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