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In the St. Petersburg Hyde Park, a mass picket of LGBT activists, dedicated to the G20 summit, was held on the Marse Field. Opponents of LGBT also held a collective prayer service there. According to the correspondent of the "faces", this time the shares were held without attacks and detentions, activists guarded the reinforced outfits of riot police. At the end of the LGBT picket, its participants were delivered to the metro on a special bus.
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LGBT action to the G20 summit
The applicant of the LGBT picket Kirill Kalugin informed the authorities in advance about the action. Events in the Hyde Park do not require approval. The authorities promised to ensure the security of the participants.
On June 29, Gay-Prade on the Marse Field ended with clashes and mass detentions. About 200 homophobes attacked LGBT activists.
Gay Prade in St. Petersburg
Kirill Kalugin was widely known on August 2, when he spent a single LGBT PIKHT on Palace Square on the Airborne Forces Day .
Barack Obama, before departure from St. Petersburg , met with nine Russian human rights activists , including two LGBT activists - Igor Kochetkov and Olga Lenkova.