Articles about Moscow Pride

13 February 2013
Analysis: Why Russia is defying the global trend towards LGBT equality 20 As several federal subjects of Russia start to approve legislation which prohibits so-called “homosexual propaganda”, PinkNews.co.uk examines what exactly is going on in one of the world’s most powerful countries.
14 September 2012
Russian PM calls for the release of Pussy Riot 13 Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has called for three members of the LGBT-supporting feminist punk band Pussy Riot to be freed.
17 August 2012
Appeal against century-long ban on gay pride in Moscow is refused 29 Nikolay Alexeyev, founder of Moscow Gay Pride, has had his appeal against the century-long ban on the parade rejected by Moscow City Court.
24 January 2012
Russia: Gay pride suspicion stops nationalist jog 10 Police in the Kaliningrad outpost of Russia have reportedly stopped a group of right-wing joggers after being wrongly tipped that they were staging an illegal gay pride parade.
30 May 2011
Scottish gay charity Equality Network present their thoughts on Moscow Pride to the Russian Consulate in Edinburgh 30 Edinburgh-based LGBT charity the Equality Network will today deliver a card of commiseration to the Russian consulate in Edinburgh regarding this weekend's violence at Moscow Pride.
28 May 2011
Peter Tatchell: Police colluded with Neo-Nazis at Moscow Pride protests 196 The human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell reports from Moscow after another year of conflicts between police, Neo-Nazis and gay rights campaigners at Moscow Pride.
28 May 2011
Updated: Dan Choi and other gay rights activists arrested during Moscow Pride violence 198 Moscow police have arrested and detained a number of prominent gay rights activists including the openly gay US solider Dan Choi as homophobic violence broke out during the banned Moscow Pride march near to the Kremlin.
27 May 2011
Moscow Pride marchers fear neo-Nazi attacks 36 Marchers in tomorrow's Moscow Pride fear they may be targeted by neo-Nazi thugs.
27 May 2011
Moscow police will break up banned gay Pride march 107 Moscow's police force says it will break up an unauthorised gay Pride march to be held tomorrow.
26 May 2011
Ian McKellen supports Moscow Gay Pride 27 Veteran actor Ian McKellen has given his support to Saturday's Moscow Pride march.
26 April 2011
Moscow set to allow first ever gay pride parade in the city 20 Moscow city authorities gave permission today for the first ever gay pride parade to be held in the Russian capital.
8 October 2010
Russian court rules LGBT Pride parade ban ‘illegal’ 5 A Russian Judge at the Court of St Petersburg ruled on Wednesday that the ban on the city's Pride march back in June was illegal.
23 June 2010
Marchers to defy St Petersburg Pride ban 4 The organisers of St Petersburg's first gay pride march, which was due to take place this Saturday, have been told by city officials that they are forbidden to go ahead with the event.
28 May 2010
Mayor of Moscow a ‘criminal’ says Peter Tatchell 15 Peter Tatchell said yesterday that the mayor of Moscow, Yury Luzhkov, was a "criminal" because of his placing a ban on Moscow Pride for the past five years.

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