Resisting Russian Biphobic Military Brutality

Radio Free Europe, the dissident radio station which broadcasts democratic news and independent opinion to countries with little free media, has interviewed a bisexual member of the Russian army, who has since deserted and fled outside the authoritarian states of Eastern Europe. Artyom Bykov claims his path into the Russian military's 273rd Artillery Brigade began with coercion at a police station. The 24-year-old alleges that in November 2024, officers in a Moscow region precinct threatened...