In May 2026, Russia’s Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit seeking to designate the “Alliance of Heterosexuals and LGBT People for Equality” as an extremist…
The article is sad, because it reveals just how ignorant the conversation is in Russia, currently. I am reminded of the scene in Borat, towards the beginning, where Borat goes to a feminist conference and trolls the present speakers by asking how they reconcile their opinion with Prof. Soandso’s finding that women have a brain the size of a squirrel’s. That’s how idiotic the comments on state media and in academia sound.
The article is sad, because it reveals just how ignorant the conversation is in Russia, currently. I am reminded of the scene in Borat, towards the beginning, where Borat goes to a feminist conference and trolls the present speakers by asking how they reconcile their opinion with Prof. Soandso’s finding that women have a brain the size of a squirrel’s. That’s how idiotic the comments on state media and in academia sound.