http://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/notorious-anti-gay-activist-flees-russia-over-extremism-case
In Russia, neo nazi groups led by Maxim Martsinkevich have been spreading videos where they lure, capture, humiliate, and physically abuse young gay men around the country. Social media allows them to easily broadcast their cause to young adults and children, some of whom support it, especially when the Martsinkevich's actions align with the recent anti-LGBT law "banning gay propoganda to protect children." This video, however, prompted the Russian police to investigate, and found Martsinkevich guilty of hate towards the Iraqi gay subgroup. He then fled the country instead of facing a court hearing. The Russian police have currently searched his apartment and that of his parents, and his girlfriend has taken pictures of the searches and posted them to her instagram. The video of Martsinkevich shows him shaving the man's head, painting different graphics on his body, and hitting him several times before the screen fades to a graphic that says, in Russian, "no to violence." Hopefully he returns to the country to face trial for his crimes, and the support for the anti gay movement dies down.
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