Those who are beaten are tied up

20 people were detained near the Duma building - these were participants in a picket against the adoption of a bill banning the promotion of homosexuality. Every time LGBT activists go out to protest, they are attacked by so-called Orthodox activists and get into fights with them. However, none of these adherents of heterosexual love were detained. According to ovdinfo.org, among the detainees are Elena Kostyuchenko, Olga Nikolaenko, Elena Melko-Cherepanova, Pavel Kaptanevsky, Elmira Shaikhraznova, Elena Yakovleva, Alexey Milovanov, Aurora Dobrochasova, Yana Sitnikova, Andrey, Pinchuk, Alexey Voikov, Sergey Evtin, Vladimir Osenin. Kostyuchenko reported that there were “30-40 activists and 30 fascists” at the picket.

The detainees were taken to the Tverskoy police station, ovdinfo.org reports. During the arrest, a correspondent of the Internet channel “Reedus” was beaten, and after he showed his identification to the police. They want to charge journalist Elena Kostyuchenko with disobedience to the legal demands of police officers, while the rest are charged with petty hooliganism. Let us draw your attention once again: those who attacked them are not charged with anything.

Meanwhile, the Duma adopted the bill in the first reading. In the future, legislators are going to involve representatives of the LGBT community in working on the law. However, it seems that there is no hope for fruitful cooperation.