Russia: Gay Activists Protest on Luzhkov’s Birthday · Global Voices
Veronica Khokhlova

The Moscow Diaries writes about last week's gay rights activists’ protest against Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov: “It was sad to see, this protest. The protesters were so few that they were barely visible among the gajillion photographers and two gajillion police officers. Within a few minutes, eleven of the protesters were grabbed and hauled off — very roughly and cringe-worthily — by police […].”