Emails, WhatsApp messages and interviews with conference attendees indicate Russia transferred $300,000 to help cover the costs of the March 2023 event. The conference occurred around the passage of Uganda's precedent-setting Anti-Homosexuality Law, which mandates the death penalty for repeat homosexual offenders.
Days before the conference, held in Entebbe along the shores of Lake Victoria, Uganda Parliament lawmakers received an email - carbon copied to Slater, the conference organizer - confirming that the Russian Embassy had just completed the transfer of cash.
Despite the emailed evidence to the contrary, Slater denied any knowledge of Russia's contribution to her anti-LGBTQ+ campaign. She told the Journal that she and Family Watch never had any involvement with the Russian government on any African issues.
At the conference, attendees, including Slater and representatives from some 20 African nations, agreed to a common set of principles. Among them were a pledge to outlaw homosexuality and another to legally define a person's gender as either male or female.
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