The first gay marriage recognized by Russia flees the country after receiving death threats
GAYLES.TV.- The last 4 of January Eugene Wojciechowski y Pavel Stotsko They were married in Denmark. When they returned to Russia They took their Danish certificate and the relevant translations so that their marriage was legalized in the Immigration Department of Moscow, literally applying the laws in force in Russia on links celebrated in other countries. The official who attended them did not object and in five minutes they managed to have their passports recorded in their passports. In this way this pair of Russian citizens became the first gay marriage recognized by Russia.
From the civil department of Moscow they rushed to deny the validity of the marriage and when the news jumped to the press, the well-known homophobe Vitaly Milonov stated that the Duma it would meet urgently to reform civil registry laws and prevent other people from using that route to validate their links. The police also took matters into their own hands: he showed up at his home and besieged them by blocking entrances and exits. They cut off the light and internet to force them to return passports. The intimidation did not end there, Pavel's mother received telephone threats that recommended that her son stop talking to the press.
The organization Russian LGBT Network he was involved to help them and he mediated with the police, but he could not prevent their passports from being taken away and replaced by others without the certificate. Your director, Igor Kochetkov, recommended that they leave the country since they could not guarantee their safety in the face of the growing wave of homophobic threats: “This development was not planned, the real threat to the freedom and safety of Pavel and Evgennii was the real reason why they had to leave.
Pavel posted on his Facebook account that the official who put the stamp had been fired in what amounts to an act of intimidation to all employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Despite the threats, the couple has also received support in the country. Some media opposed to the Kremlin have spread their history and the threats they are receiving these days.
Sources: The Guardian, I am dancing, Two apples
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