MOSCOW, May 15 (UPI) -- Any attempt to hold an unauthorized "Slavic gay parade" in Moscow will be halted, a police official warned Friday.
MOSCOW, May 7 (UPI) -- The press secretary for Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov said Thursday authorities in the Russian capital are opposing plans for a gay parade in the city.
MOSCOW, June 2 (UPI) -- Violence was down at this year's Gay Russia parade in Moscow, but activists still endured verbal abuse and were pelted with garbage, a report said Monday.
MOSCOW, May 19 (UPI) -- Gay rights activists in Moscow said they have asked Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for permission to have a gay-pride parade on federal property.
MOSCOW, May 27 (UPI) -- Gay rights activists trying to raise support for gay pride parades were beaten and pelted with eggs and garbage, then arrested in Moscow Sunday.
MOSCOW, March 20 (UPI) -- Leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church oppose allowing a gay pride parade in Moscow. The Russian capital's gay community is reportedly planning a parade in May, although permission was denied last year, the Novosti news agency reported.
MOSCOW, May 27 (UPI) -- Scores of gay activists were arrested Saturday when they attempted to hold a parade in central Moscow.
SUKHUMI, Georgia, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- The leader of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia plans to visit Moscow this week, Interfax news agency reported Monday.
MOSCOW, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- A European envoy will seek to boost regional human rights in Russia this week, Interfax news agency reported Monday.
MOSCOW, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Animal rights activists protested Monday on behalf of a Moscow veterinarian charged with using a banned drug, Interfax news agency reported.
