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Deputy Head of the State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament) Committee on Information Policy, Oleg Matveychev, told RIA Novosti on April 4 that a draft law on designating feminism an extremist ideology is under consideration by the State Duma commission on investigating the facts of foreign interference in internal affairs of the Russian Federation. asiaplustj.info »
Ukrainian lawmaker Inna Sovsun, who is member of the Holos political faction in Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s parliament), announced on March 7 that she had submitted a draft law on the registration of same-sex couples, said to be read in parliament in the next five days, according to The Kyiv Independent . asiaplustj.info »
Russian far-right lawmaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky, known for provocative stunts and anti-Western tirades that kept him in the public eye for more than three decades, has died after a long and serious illness, State Duma (Russia’s lower house of parliament) Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said today, according to Reuters . asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet says the head of one of Uzbekistan’s leading political parties has suggested depriving gays, lesbians and transgender people of citizenship and deporting them as a way of ending the national conversation on LGBT issues. asiaplustj.info »