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Russian police raid Moscow nightclubs in LGBTQ+ crackdown

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69% Informative

Russian police raid several bars and nightclubs across Moscow on Saturday as part of government's crackdown on "LGBTQ+ propaganda" Smartphones, laptops and video cameras were seized, while clubgoers' documents were inspected.

The raids come exactly a year since Russia 's Supreme Court ruled that the “LGBTQ+. movement” should be banned as an “extremist organization".

VR Score

59

Informative language

50

Neutral language

68

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

61

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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