Gay activists attacked in St. Petersburg
On November 20, 2011, in St. Petersburg, participants in a protest against a bill introducing administrative liability for the propaganda of “ sodomy, lesbianism, bisexuality and transgenderism ” were attacked. The action took place on Palace Square, where about 100-150 people gathered. Approximately in the middle of the event, several young people dressed in tracksuits appeared, shouting obscene and homophobic slogans and tried several times to attack the picketers, but were rebuffed each time.