The Russian federal government has granted its media regulator the authority to obstruct websites containing LGBT propaganda without a court order, according to a decree published on Monday.
Information propagating non-traditional sexual relations and (or) preferences now works as grounds for blacklisting any website in Russia, along with those containing child porn, information about suicide approaches, and illegal narcotic production.
Propaganda of pedophilia and sex modification is likewise noted in the government decree signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.The expansion of state censorship comes following President Vladimir Putins finalizing into law amended legislation that bans the depiction of non-heterosexual identities and relationships to Russians of any age earlier in December.
Legislators have drafted a costs that permits the jailing of those who have currently been fined under Putins earlier anti-LGBT law, which banned intending LGBT propaganda at minors.
Under the draft legislation, repeat offenders might be sentenced to up to five years in prison.
In April, Russias federal media regulator Roskomnadzor obstructed the online ladiess magazine Wonderzine for its LGBT content after a problem from the governments youth policy firm.