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Moscow's Central Station, known for its drag queen shows, has become a target. With its bullet-sprayed doors and protective razor-wire fencing, Central Station management says it has been subjected to shootings, water and gas attacks, and vandalism. Considered by many patrons as "the cultural center" for gays in Russia, the lively venue is known for its colorful, irreverent drag shows and modern house music. But the staff says a recent spate of homophobic attacks has terrified the gay community there.

Eyewitnesses told journalists that clubgoers' documents were checked and photographed by the security services. They also said that managers had been able to warn patrons before police arrived. Activists have noted the lawsuit was lodged against a movement that is not an official entity, and that under its broad and vague definition authorities could crack down on any individuals or groups deemed to be part of it. Petersburg's gay club Central Station.

There are no signs, windows, grand entrances or bouncers at the back of the defunct industrial complex housing its long, black, neon-lit bar and dance floor. The location is the perfect hideaway for St. As the credits start to roll, the viewers scatter and make way for the highlight of the evening — a boozy session of belting bear karaoke, which breathes new and deeper-voiced life into the 90s ballads of Russian singer Tatiana Bulanova. Like all the men interviewed for this story, he asked for his surname to be withheld.

Club owners told The Insider that while a significant part of their former customer base has left Russia, plenty of their younger patrons still find it hard to believe that the Kremlin is serious about eradicating all public manifestations of gay life. In early December , after operating in St. Petersburg for nearly twenty years, the gay club Central Station closed its doors without even waiting for a visit from law enforcement. Staff members from the Pose club in Orenburg suffered an even worse fate.