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Photo: Police arrest anti-homophobia demonstrators in St. Petersburg

Source: Meduza
Residents of St. Petersburg took to the streets to mark the 2019 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia on May 17. <a href="https://www.fontanka.ru/2019/05/17/119/" target="_blank">According to</a> attorney Ksenia Mikhailova, seven people were arrested at the demonstration, including herself. Police said the event had not received government approval although it <a href="http://ombudsmanspb.ru/22_02_2019_spetsialno_otvedennye_mesta_dlja_kollek" target="_blank">took place</a> in an area set aside for collective public expression. Mediazona <a href="https://zona.media/news/2019/05/17/homophobia" target="_blank">reported</a> that a group of young men with their heads shaved followed and intimidated the demonstrators while police stood aside and did nothing to stop them.
Residents of St. Petersburg took to the streets to mark the 2019 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia on May 17. According to attorney Ksenia Mikhailova, seven people were arrested at the demonstration, including herself. Police said the event had not received government approval although it took place in an area set aside for collective public expression. Mediazona reported that a group of young men with their heads shaved followed and intimidated the demonstrators while police stood aside and did nothing to stop them.
Anton Vaganov / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA