The Moscow Diaries writes [1] 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 […].”
Russia: Gay Activists Protest on Luzhkov's Birthday
· Written by Veronica Khokhlova
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