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In a country where queerness has been legally equated to terrorism, the line between what is acceptable and what is not has blurred. Alexei Zhidkovsky, a blogger with 3 million Instagram followers who frequently appears on Russian talk shows, regularly struts forward in a full face of makeup, his hair long and heels high without evident consequence.

He cautiously evades questions about his sexual orientation and personal life. The picture today is very different than in the early s, when Russian pop culture saw a boom in gay culture and gender-bending personalities like Sergei Zverev, Ukrainian pop act Verka Serduchka and Boris Moiseev.

But Kirkorov, who was also a guest at the party, appears to have escaped relatively unscathed after he embarked on a public apology tour, including a performance for Russian soldiers in occupied Ukraine. Vitaly Klimenko, a professional dancer, teaches voguing in Moscow and has choreographed some Russian pop stars.

Though the ballroom dance style of voguing originated within the African-American and Latin queer communities, cisgender women dominate the voguing scene in Russia. Klimenko, who still performs vogue in theatre productions and at private events for Moscow elites, said he has altered his dance style in response to the crackdown.

Klimenko travels worldwide with his master classes and notes the stark difference with other vogueing traditions. We are facing unprecedented challenges. Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has designated The Moscow Times as an "undesirable" organization, criminalizing our work and putting our staff at risk of prosecution.

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