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Sun Aug 25, 2013, 02:38 AM Aug 2013

Putin critic vows to allow gay pride rallies in Moscow if elected as Mayor

One of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critics has said gay pride marches would be permitted in Moscow, if he is elected as the city’s next Mayor.

Alexei Navalny, who is seeking the office of Moscow Mayor on an anti-corruption platform, voiced his opposition to a June anti-gay law banning the promotion of “non traditional relationships” to minors.

Speaking on gay rights in Russia on Ekho Moskvy radio, Navalny said he would allow gay pride marches to take place in the Russian capital.

“The constitution says that everyone can {demonstrate}, and the mayor of Moscow cannot forbid it."

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/08/24/russia-putin-critic-vows-to-allow-gay-pride-rallies-in-moscow-if-elected-as-mayor/

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