13 Feb 2018 16:52

Sexual minorities' situation in Chechnya improving - Belgian foreign minister

MOSCOW. Feb 13 (Interfax) - Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders has noted an improvement in the "LGBT situation" in Chechnya.

"Last summer, we analyzed the LGBT situation in Chechnya. And from the information we are getting from our sources, we can see that the situation has improved thanks to the efforts of the Russian Federation," Reynders said at talks with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Tuesday.