Moscow police raid gay nightclubs after ban on LGBTQ "extremism"

Police in Moscow are targeting gay nightclubs with raids after the Russian Supreme Court prohibited LGBTQ "extremism."

Club goers were briefly held and their passports were photographed during the raids late on Friday, Telegram channel Ostorozhno Novosti said. … "In the middle of the party, the music was stopped, and [police] began going into the lounges", one eyewitness told the outlet, adding that foreigners were also present at the gathering in central Moscow.