Moscow – Russian gay activist Nikolai Alexeyev, who until now was considered Russia’s top lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocate, appears to have ended his political career tonight in a series of antisemitic Facebook and Twitter posts that have even his most ardent supporters calling out his ongoing antisemitism.
In apparent anger over cancellation of his participation in a conference call hosted by human rights group Human Rights First tomorrow, Alexeyev responded via Twitter and Facebook with a slew of hateful anti-Jewish comments, since he is now convinced that “the Jewish mafia” did him in, rather than his own rank prejudice.
Alexeyev talked about how “yids” are trying to take over the world, and how they’re now as bad as Nazi collaborators. (“Yid” is a slur for “Jew,” based on the word “Yiddish,” commonly used by antisemites.)
Here is what Alexeyev posted on Facebook this evening.
To their credit, a number of Alexeyev’s most ardent defenders are now criticizing his antisemitism. This woman was a particularly strident defender, until now:
