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Gay parade was banned in Khimki
The administration of the Khimki near Moscow refused to conduct a gay parade, Interfax reports with reference to the organizer of the action Nikolai Alekseev. The authorities motivated their decision by the fact that the parade could violate the life of the townspeople, and also does not reflect the moral needs of the population.
"The city administration of the Khimki near Moscow, following the metropolitan authorities, refused to agree on the procession and rally of the Moscow Gay Praise on May 25, despite the previously made decision of the city court on the illegality of the ban on such events," Alekseev said.
On May 14, the head of the Moscow Security Department Alexei Mayorov said that in Moscow there is no need for a gay parade. The next day, the city hall sent the organizers an official refusal to agree on all events. Activists filed a notification of the conduct of a gay parade in Moscow to the Moscow City Hall on May 13. They wanted to arrange a procession along Myasnitskaya Street on May 25 and hold a picket opposite the Bolshoi Theater on May 26.
The Directorate of the Moscow Park "Sokolniki" also officially notified the organizers of the refusal to satisfy the application for a rally in the guide park. As stated in the document, on May 25 and 26, celebrations dedicated to the end of the school year will be held in the territory of the park. In this regard, the implementation of socio-political events during this period in the park is inappropriate. "
On Wednesday, deputies of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly Boris Vishnevsky and Alexander Kobrinsky turned to the head of the regional headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Sergey Umnov with a request to protect LGBT activists on the Friday on the Friday on the Field. This was reported in the "Heterosexual Alliance for LGBT equality."
The letter was sent in connection with numerous threats to the organizers and participants of the rally. In an appeal, deputies are asking the head of the St. Petersburg police to take proper measures to ensure the security of participants in the action and stop attempts to attack and provocations against them. The deputies also asked Umnov to take this business under his personal control.
In St. Petersburg on the Marse Field on May 17 from 14:00 to 15:00 a rally will be held under the slogan "Homophobia kills. Stop hatred!". Smolny agreed on the LGBT activists for a share of 100 people. The traditional flash mob this year will partially be mourning in connection with a brutal homophobic murder in Volgograd.
Nationalists, meanwhile, report their action, which will also take place on the Marse Field that day an hour earlier. Nationalists have already called the LGBT rally "insulting the memory of great grandfathers and great -grandfathers," Rosbalt reports .
The Moscow authorities have never agreed on a gay parade. Several times the shares took place without approval and ended with the detention of participants. In addition, nationalists and other homophobic faces attacked activists.
In 2010, the European Court of Human Rights recognized that Moscow gay parades in 2006-2008 were prohibited illegally. However, the Moscow authorities continued the practice of prohibitions.