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Photos: Moscow Gay-Pride Rallies Have Been Reduced to This
MOSCOW — A handful of demonstrators took to the streets in two small
Gay-Pride Rallies in
Moscow on Saturday, but tur**ut was poor, even compared to last year. At least six participants were detained by police.
The authorities had already
banned one march scheduled for Tuesday, which was meant to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the decriminalization of homo***uality in Russia. But activists vowed to press ahead with demonstrations Saturday,
The Moscow Times reported.
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Even though homo***uality has
Been legal in Russia for more than two decades, President Vladmir Putin signed a law last year banning
"propaganda of **ntraditional ***ual practices", and
Moscow has **t allowed a
Gay-Pride parade for nine consecutive years.
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