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Russia's leading LGBT rights group vows to continue its work in the face of pressure by the authorities that has complicated its already difficult task in a country where homophobia still persists. The LGBT-Network rights group has, since 2006, supported sexual minorities in Russia and especially in the country's republic of Chechnya, where officials have been accused of jailing and torturing gay men in secret prisons. Last week, the group was branded a "foreign agent". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES