Topic: Yuri Luzhkov
Around 30 international gay rights activists held a brief protest on a central Moscow street Saturday, flouting the city authorities' ban on a gay pride event in a "cat and mouse game" with police. The activists, led by Russian Nikolai Alexeyev and ...
Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov vowed on Monday to 'crack down' on gay parades Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov vowed on Monday to “crack down” on gay parades, UKGayNews.org.uk reported. “For several years, Moscow has experienced unprecedented pressure to conduct a gay pride parade, ...
Resplendent in pink satin and ostrich feathers, a drag queen runs through a tumbledown Russian village, miming to Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive". Just one of the startling scenes from "Jolly Fellows" (Veselchaki) -- the first mainstream Russian film about drag queens ...
Russian gay activists say they are disappointed with Secretary Clinton for not raising the issue of anti-gay sentiment in Russia Russian gay activists said Wednesday they were disappointed with U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton for not raising the issue of anti-gay ...
A Russian court on Friday dismissed a long-shot libel suit filed by gay activists against Moscow's veteran mayor in a ruling that they described as a blow to human dignity in Russia. The suit had been filed after Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Gay rights activists in Moscow plan to take the city's rampantly homophobic mayor to court for insulting their dignity during an interview in which he said "queers" undermined a morally healthy society. A Moscow court rejected a previous case ...
Gay activists in Russia prepare for gay pride celebrations in May; to include Eurovision supportAn unfolding of events in Russia's gay rights movement threatens to bring tensions to a dramatic climax at a popular European singing contest. The annual Eurovision Song Contest ...
A Russian gay website claims Moscow police chief Pronin is spying on gay groups ahead of a gay pride parade Moscow Police Chief Vladimir Pronin is allegedly spying on gay and lesbian groups via various electronic media, reports the Moscow-based website Gay ...
Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has warned gay pride organizers not to stage their annual demonstrationMoscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has as much as warned gay pride organizers not to stage their May 16 gay pride and march celebration planned to coincide with the ...
This week: HIV linked to gay rights, recalcitrant demonstrators get dressed down, and hello 'Ciao' Inciting fear and hatred of gays and lesbians doesn't seem to take a holiday. In Russia, only days after the world united against HIV during the 20th ...
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Gavin Crawford interviews Yuri Luzhkov
Luzhkov discusses his views on homosexuality and his own experiences ...2008-07-24 -
Statement by the Mayor of Moscow ...
Statement by the Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov2010-05-28 -
Rebuilding Moscow - Russia
Sep 1997 We report on the drive to beautify Moscow ...2007-11-01
