![A gay rights activist holding a rainbow umbrella is detained by police during a rally in downtown St. Petersburg on 2017. A gay rights activist holding a rainbow umbrella is detained by police during a rally in downtown St. Petersburg on 2017.](https://static.euronews.com/articles/stories/07/85/77/52/1200x675_cmsv2_d42fd9b4-8659-5951-a64d-2369d4ed7d32-7857752.jpg)
Video. Russia’s LGBTQ+ community unites amid Kremlin crackdown
Surveillance and the threat of imprisonment: Euronews spoke to Russian queer activists who have chosen to stay in the country, despite increasing hostility towards the LGBTQ+ community
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