The report covers six main problems which affected LGBT communities and LGBT human rights defenders in Russia, namely: violence against LGBT persons and LGBT human rights defenders; hate speech and manifestations of intolerance and prejudice by public officials, religious leaders and the media; infringement of the right to freedom of assembly and association; legislation prohibiting so-called “homosexual propaganda”, its implementation and effects; problems in legal recognition of transgender persons’ gender identity; and persecution of LGBT and anti-discrimination activists under the law on “foreign agents.”

According to Maria Kozlosvskaya (Russian LGBT Network),“ the submission of the alternative report is of great importance because it attracts attention to the problems of LGBT community denied by representatives of Russia in the UN”. Kseniya Kirichenko ("Coming Out", Rainbow Foundation) states that “this submission is unique, because for the first time, it is a direct reply to the Russian authorities’ official report. Previous official reports didn’t provide any data on LGBT rights. This time they had to report because of the Recommendations made by the UN in 2009. Of course, according to the official report, LGBT community in Russia faces no problems: there is no discrimination, the discussions in mass media about sexual orientation and gender identity are sufficient and adequate. It's up to us to show that it is not the case and provide the UN with alternative information, such as, for instance, hate speech by well-known journalist Kiselev ("hearts of gays should be burned") or Milonov (author of the St. Petersburg "anti-propaganda" law), which remain unpunished.