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An iPhone user is suing Apple after claiming an app on his phone turned him gay.

The plaintiff, identified only as D Razumilov, argues he became "mired in same-sex relationships" this summer after getting involved in a cryptocurrency app.

He is seeking one million rubles (£12,459) in damages, the Moscow Times reported.

In a complaint published on Wednesday, Razumilov says he received 69 GayCoins on a cryptocurrency payment app he downloaded onto his iPhone in 2017.

The unknown sender of the coins reportedly wrote a message in English for Razumilov which he interpreted as "don't judge without trying".

Razumilov said in his complaint: "I thought, indeed, how can I judge something without trying it?"

And so, because of this message, he said he began having same-sex relationships.

"I can say after the passage of two months that I'm mired in intimacy with a member of my own sex and can't get out," the complaint continues.

Razumilov explained: "I have a steady boyfriend and I don't know how to explain it to my parents."

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He said that since receiving the message, his "life has changed for the worse and will never be normal again".

The man has accused Apple of "manipulatively pushing me toward homosexuality", which he says has caused him "moral suffering and harm to mental health".

Moscow's Presnensky District Court registered the lawsuit on Wednesday, according to the court database, and has scheduled an interview for October 17.

Russia and the government of Vladimir Putin have been criticised in recent years for an apparent crackdown on LGBT rights in the country.

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In 2013, Russia passed a so-called "gay propaganda" law, which critics say has effectively legalised discrimination against the LGBT community.

Last May, a number of LGBT activists were arrested after a Pride rally in Moscow.

Recent opinion polls show Russian public opinion remains largely negative towards gay people, while there are reports of homophobic vigilante gangs regularly terrorising people in the country.

In February this year, pop star Andrea Di Giovanni told Daily Star Online about the daily horrors of living in Russia as an openly gay person .