Male State
Male State Мужское государство | |
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| Abbreviation | MG |
| Leader | Vladislav Pozdnyakov |
| Founded | October 2016 |
| Banned | 18 October 2021 |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-right |
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Male State (MG; Russian: Мужское государство, romanized: Muzhskoye gosudarstvo) is an unofficial Russian men's movement that advocates patriarchy and Russian nationalism. The group's activities focus on online harassment: community members insult, bully and threaten women, black people, people in interracial relationships, and LGBT people.
The group was created by Vladislav Pozdnyakov in 2016 as a private community on the social network VKontakte. In 2020, the Male State community was blocked by VKontakte for "incitement to violent action". In 2021, a Russian court banned the group as extremist, stating that it incited hatred against women.