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Despite being illegally banned by Moscow's Mayor, a small group of activists march a 20 meter Rainbow Flag 600 meters down the streets of Moscow, Russian Federation, May 2010.
Despite breaking Russia's Constitution and the European Union's Doctrine on Human Rights, Moscow's Mayor Yury Luzkov has banned the LGBT community's right to protest for equal rights.
A law proposed in St Petersburg would effectively ban all public events by and in support of LGBT organizations