Orenburg has appealed the first verdict in Russia for organizing the LGBT community.

The verdict handed down to three Orenburg residents in the case of organizing and participating in the activities of the LGBT movement (recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation) has been appealed. This was reported on July 21 in the press service of the city Central District Court.

"The defense has filed [a complaint]," TASS reports the text of the statement.

The agency's interlocutors noted that the defendants did not agree with the decision. No other details were provided. The appeal in a case of the Soviet kind was the first in the country.

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It became known on June 29 that three residents of Orenburg — the owner, administrator and art director of the Pose bar - were found guilty of organizing the LGBT community and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 2 years, 3 months to 7 years in a general regime colony. This verdict was also the first in the Russian Federation. It was clarified that the defendants knew that they were violating the law, but continued to organize thematic events on the basis of their institution.