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Slain Russian LGBT Activist Reportedly Had Been Threatened

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   Russian activists confirmed Tuesday that a woman found dead of stab
   wounds in Saint Petersburg earlier this week was a well-known human
   rights activist who had been threatened over her work for LGBT rights
   and opposition causes.

   Yelena Grigoryeva, 41, was active with Russia's Alliance of
   Heterosexuals and LGBTQ for Equality and other activist causes,
   according to the Russian LGBT Network.

   "An activist of democratic, anti-war and LGBT movements Yelena
   Grigoryeva was brutally murdered near her house," opposition campaigner
   Dinar Idrisov wrote on Facebook. He said she had recently reported
   threats of violence to the police, but they took no action.

   Friends and fellow activists said Grigoryeva's name was listed on a
   Russian website that identified LGBT activists and called for vigilante
   action against them.

   Saint Petersburg online newspaper Fontanka said Grigoryeva was found
   with knife injuries to her back and face and had apparently been
   strangled. A 40-year-old male suspect from the region of Bashkortostan
   has been arrested, it reported.

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