‘No to Euro gay values’: Russian police and citizens stop homosexual ‘pride’ parade for tenth year in a row
Moscow continued their long-standing resistance to homosexual ideology this year, stopping an unauthorized “gay pride” parade in the center of their city and arresting participants, according to reports in local and international media. Despite being refused a permit for the tenth year in a row, parade organizers attempted to carry out a demonstration on Tverskaya Street , just across from the mayor's office, but were foiled by pro-family counter-protesters and police, who descended upon them in large numbers to interrupt the illegal event. Two protesters who let off orange smoke from a quad bike sporting a rainbow-covered flag were accosted by counter-protesters and beaten, then arrested by police. Another group displayed a rainbow flag with the words “ Make love not war ,” were also stopped by a group of counter-protesters before police took away the flag, according to Reuters. Moscow authorities detained an estimated 20 people in all, representing both points of view.