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In a BBC investigation, Katya recounts her terrifying experience during her 30th birthday party when masked vigilantes from the nationalist group Russkaya Obshina stormed the nightclub, verbally and physically assaulting her friends while seeking evidence of LGBT "propaganda," leading to her later conviction for blasphemy and a sentence of community service, amidst a broader context of rising nationalist sentiment and raids targeting minorities in Russia. #HumanRights #AntiLGBTViolence #Nationalism #RU #UA #UK

In a BBC investigation, Katya recounts her terrifying experience during her 30th birthday party when masked vigilantes from the nationalist group Russkaya Obshina stormed the nightclub, verbally and physically assaulting her friends while seeking evidence of LGBT "propaganda," leading to her later conviction for blasphemy and a sentence of community service, amidst a broader context of rising nationalist sentiment and raids targeting minorities in Russia. #HumanRights #AntiLGBTViolence #Nationalism #RU #UA #UK