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Putin signs bill sharply limiting adoption of Russian children by gays
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill that sharply limits the adoption of Russian children by people from countries that allow same-sex marriage.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin signs anti-gay measures into law
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a measure that stigmatizes gay people and bans giving children any information about homosexuality.
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Dozens arrested at ‘unauthorized’ gay pride rally in Russia
MOSCOW — Russian police have arrested several gay rights activists and Russian nationalists who confronted them at a rally declared illegal under a new law against “gay propaganda.”
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LGBT activists urge boycott of Winter Olympics due to Russia’s anti-gay laws
MOSCOW — “A rainbow pin on your coat or hat could get you arrested,” says Polina Savchenko, a prominent Russian LGBT activist who warns against the display of anything related to gay pride at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.
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Russia to ban adoption by same-sex couples
MOSCOW — Russia is on its way to formally prohibiting all adoption by same-sex couples and also banning the adoption of Russian children by single people or unmarried couples from countries that allow same-sex marriage.
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Russian parliament approves anti-gay bill, dozens of protesters detained
MOSCOW — A bill that stigmatizes Russia’s gay community and bans the distribution of information about homosexuality to children was overwhelmingly approved by the lower house of parliament Tuesday.
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Russian man stabbed, trampled to death amid rise in anti-gay sentiment
PETROPAVLOVSK, Kamchatska, Russia — The killing of a 39-year-old airport deputy administrator last Wednesday was fueled by the victim’s sexual orientation, Russian police officials told LGBTQ Nation on Monday.
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Russian police detain activists, foes at unsanctioned gay pride rally
MOSCOW — Gay-rights campaigners and their opponents clashed at an unsanctioned rally in the Russian capital on Saturday, but a heavy police presence in Ukraine kept the two sides apart at that country’s first-ever gay pride march.
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Anti-LGBT violence in Russia escalating rapidly and with more frequency
MOSCOW — As news spread over the weekend of the horrific torture and murder of a young gay man in southern Russia, LGBTQ activists in the country are warning that such violence is escalating rapidly and with more frequency.
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Russian police confirm man was tortured to death because he was gay
VOLGOGRAD, Russia — Two men have been arrested for torturing a 23-year-old man to death in Russia in an apparent homophobic attack, investigators said Sunday.