Russian court denies Madonna was fined $1 million for unapologetic queer rights speech on-stage in St Petersburg

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Now, the Russian government has denied that the “Vogue” singer was ever fined.

Anti-LGBT+ groups in Russia tried to file a lawsuit against Madonna after the concert, which was even subject to a terror threat, but St Petersburg officials insisted that they dismissed the suit and that the singer was never fined.

The press service for the city’s courts told TASS: “In 2012, the Moskovsky District Court dismissed the lawsuit of activists against Madonna, which contained a demand for a fine of 333 million rubles (£3.7 million).”