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• Russian gays defy ban, more arrests at Moscow protests

  - 2008-06-01

  MOSCOW AFP — Gay Russians waving placards and rainbow flags demonstrated in central Moscow on Sunday in defiance of an official ban on gay pride events and abuse from far-right opponents. The annual pride demonstration had been outlawed by Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, who has dubbed gay pride events...

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• Bush 'deeply concerned' at Russia arrests

  - 2007-11-26

  WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush said Monday he was "deeply concerned" at a crackdown on opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of elections, and called for their release from detention. "I am deeply concerned about the detention of numerous human rights activists and political leaders...

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• Moscow rejects US complaint over break-up of anti-Kremlin protests: report

  - 2007-11-26

  MOSCOW AFP — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday rejected US complaints about the break-up of anti-Kremlin protests over the weekend, Interfax news agency reported. "When they call on us to ensure free speech and freedom of assembly in line with our international obligations, it's a superfluous demand,...

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• Russian opposition party picks Yeltsin-era reformer for presidency

  - 2007-11-23

  MOSCOW AFP — Leaders of Russia's liberal opposition party, the Union of Right Forces SPS, on Friday nominated an architect of post-Soviet economic reform, Boris Nemtsov, as their presidential candidate. The decision comes after President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday dubbed his political opponents Western-funded "jackals," amid an increasingly tense...

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• Russian rightwingers disrupt Gay Pride rally, activists arrested

  - 2007-05-27

  MOSCOW AFP — Punches and kicks flew, eggs and insults were hurled, and several global gay rights supporters were arrested Sunday as activists defied a state ban and briefly staged Moscow's second ever Gay Pride march. Police detained Russian gay community leader Nikolai Alexeyev and several European lawmakers in...

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• Bush voices 'concern' over jailed Yukos founder

  - 2006-07-14

  SAINT PETERSBURG AFP — US President George W. Bush used a meeting with Russian non-governmental groups to voice worries about the jailed founder of Russian oil firm Yukos, participants said, but steered clear of overt criticism of Moscow's rights record. Bush met with 15 representatives from activist groups and...

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• Arrests, scuffles as gays defy Moscow parade ban

  - 2006-05-27

  MOSCOW AFP — Dozens of local and foreign gay rights activists were attacked by Russian nationalists when they defied a ban and held a march in Moscow. More than 100 people were arrested, according to police cited by the Interfax news agency. Nikolai Alekseyev, leader of the gay...

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• Russian rights group hails European court for environment ruling

  - 2005-06-10

  MOSCOW AFP — Russian human rights activists have hailed their first ever success in an environmental case brought against the Russian state in the European Court of Human Rights. The ruling, in favour of a resident living close to a Russian steel plant, should boost activists' efforts to push...

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