Russia forbade the Elton John Avid fund, accusing it of adopting a negative position in countries such as Russia, and stated that the institution undermines “traditional spirit and moral values.”
The Russian Prosecutor General said that the ban, specially applied to two non -governmental organizations, one of which was registered in the United States and one in Britain, both denominated Elton’s Foundation John AvidField
“When the musician plays with the promoters of democracy, he receives propaganda. And if Elton John on Piano, this is not just anti-Russian propaganda, ”said the Russian general prosecutor in his official telegram.
“NGOs are actively involved in the information campaign organized by the collective West in order to discredit traditional values and increase social tension,” he added.
In another statement, on its website, the State Judicial Service complained about the promotion of the “non-traditional sex, models of Western families and sex changes.”
Without referring to the examples, the statement was accused of participating in the fact that she called the Western campaign to “slander Russia” from the war in Ukraine, which the prosecutor called the “special military operation”.
Elton’s Foundation John Avid said he was “devastated” by a decision thatIt will be burdened with vital assistance to people living with HIV in Russia.
“For more than two decades, we worked in cooperation with federal and non-governmental partners in Russia to provide hundreds of thousands of people with vital HIV services, including testing, treatment and care,” he said in a statement.
“This work is urgent: in 2024, more than 1.2 million people with HIV lived in Russia, and more than 430,000 did not receive treatment. The current decision of the Russian Federation will undoubtedly be dangerous and to interrupt critical efforts to prevent HIV for ordinary Russian citizens. Support them. “
The statement adds: “Despite this failure, we will continue our work in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where the Fund is the largest charity financier of HIV/AIDS.”
In the statement of the mission on your web, Elton John Foundation Foundation said that he raised more than $ 600 million to support more than 3,100 projects in 95 countries around the world to increase access to healthcare, fighting the stigma of LGBTK and ending.
Elton John exhausted concerts in Russia several times, and in 2014 published an open letter that condemned the “cruel” legislation of the country’s “cruel” legislation of the country, proposing to submit Russian President Vladimir Putin to the LGBT communities.
For his part, Putin urged women to have at least three children to deal with a fall in the birth rate, and the 2022 law expanded the ban on the “propaganda of LGBT” in order to effectively prohibit any social expressions regarding homosexuality.
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