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27 May 2013
Russia: Police release gay pride organisers held for unsanctioned Moscow rally 2 Russian authorities have released gay rights activists detained on Saturday for holding an unsanctioned gay pride rally in Moscow.
25 May 2013
Russia: 30 arrests made at Moscow Pride 20 30 activists from both pro and anti-LGBT factions were arrested at Moscow Pride today, reflecting growing antipathy to perceived "homosexual propaganda" across Russia.
17 May 2013
Poll: 7 in 10 Russians are against the ‘justification and display of homosexuality’ 33 Over 70% of Russians are against justification and public display of homosexual relations, with only 12% in favour, a new poll has found.
16 May 2013
Russia: Moscow Pride organisers file court appeal over declined application to hold events + The organisers of several gay pride events in the Russian capital city Moscow, have filed a complaint with a local court, as the applications to hold the events were denied.
15 May 2013
Moscow security official: Attempts to hold gay pride march will be ‘thwarted’ 4 The Mayor's office in Moscow has refused an application to hold a gay pride even in the city later this month, security officials said because of a "negative attitude" to the application, and that attempts to hold an unofficial march will be "thwarted".
1 May 2013
Russia: Parades to demonstrate for gay rights in Moscow and St Petersburg, despite anti-gay law 18 Parades of gay rights demonstrators will take to the streets of Moscow and St Petersburg today, despite a law in the latter, which prohibits the "promotion" of homosexuality.
20 February 2013
Russian Foreign Ministry ‘seriously worried’ to learn of orphan adopted by lesbian 11 Russian officials have voiced concern over a boy adopted by an American lesbian couple, saying his situation is "morally dubious".
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.
8 December 2012
Lady Gaga thanks Russian Prime Minister for his softer stance on gay people 19 The singer Lady Gaga has posted two messages of support for the anti-homophobia comments made by the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
7 December 2012
Russian Prime Minister says there is no reason to “regulate” homosexuality 13 The Russian Prime Minister has said that he doesn't see any reason why homosexuality should be banned legally in the country, and that it is not an big issue for many Russians.
22 November 2012
Madonna acquitted of breaking Russian anti-gay law 12 Charges that Madonna broke a homophobic censorship ban in the Russian city of St Petersburg have been dropped – at the same time lawmakers in Moscow have vetoed a proposed anti-gay bill.
12 October 2012
Moscow: 4 people injured in attack on gay club 12 A gay rights activist says several people have been injured by masked men who stormed into a Moscow gay club.
1 October 2012
Russia: Pussy Riot appeal case delayed + A Russian court has adjourned the appeal hearing of three activists from the LGBT-supporting punk band Pussy Riot.
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.
11 September 2012
Comment: Why we should resist the ‘mind-creep’ commercialism of Pride 17 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Brighton and Hove Green Party Councillor Phélim Mac Cafferty pays tribute to the city’s Pride movement – which this year celebrated its 20th anniversary.
17 August 2012
Update: each member of LGBT-supporting feminist punk band Pussy Riot sentenced to two years in prison 86 Three members of Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot have been found guilty and convicted of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, over a their protest in a Moscow cathedral during which they performed an anti-Putin "punk prayer".
11 August 2012
St Petersburg: Madonna accused of breaking anti-gay law and branded a whore 39 As expected, this week’s gig by the queen of pop in Russia’s second largest city has not passed off without controversy.
8 August 2012
St Petersburg: Madonna responds to hate with pink wristbands 2 The pop icon’s official Facebook page talks of the fashion accessories forming “part" of her upcoming show in the Russian city.
7 June 2012
Moscow court upholds hundred-year ban on gay pride 34 A court in Moscow has upheld the decision to deny requests for the next hundred years of pride events.
27 May 2012
Moscow: Police detain gay rights activists over demonstrations 51 A total of 40 people, most of whom are gay rights activists, have been detained in Moscow, after they attempted to hold two demonstrations in Moscow today, demanding the right to hold a gay pride parade in the capital.

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