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Police detained about 40 gay-rights activists in Moscow on Sunday, alleging they attempted to hold an unauthorized demonstration during Moscow gay pride events, the police press service said.
MONTPELLIER, France (AP) -- Russia finished off the European gymnastics championships in style Sunday with four more medals, including golds on high bar and still rings.
MOSCOW, May 27 (UPI) -- Police in Moscow arrested 40 people Sunday at an unlicensed gay rights rally.
Moscow police detain 40 as gay activists demand right to hold parade, face Christian protest
Gay activists tried to stage two demonstrations in Moscow on Sunday to demand the right to hold a gay pride parade in the Russian capital, but they were blocked first by Orthodox Christian opponents and then by police, who detained a total of about 40 people from both sides.
Modeled on the transfer of power in Yemen, an Obama administration proposal calls for the cooperation of Moscow, which appears open to the idea.
MOSCOW, May 27 — Dozens of people were detained in Moscow today after Russian Orthodox Church activists broke up two gay rights protests, throwing water and shouting prayers at demonstrators. Some Orthodox activists threw punches at the protesters, grabbed their rainbow flags — the symbol of the gay rights movement — and trampled on them in front ...
WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain says the U.S. shouldn't count on Russia to force out Syrian President Bashar...
Sen. John McCain says the U.S. shouldn't count on Russia to force out Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (bah-SHAR' AH'-sahd), and he blames President Barack Obama for a "feckless foreign policy" that hasn't...
U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul remains a hot potato in Russian politics.
MOSCOW, May 26 (UPI) -- Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was elected the leader of the ruling United Russia party Saturday at a party congress.
MONTPELLIER, France (AP) -- Britain held on to edge Russia and clinch the team title at the European men's gymnastics championships Saturday.
(Reuters) - European champions Serbia snatched the last berth in the women's Olympic volleyball tournament after Sunday's dramatic 3-2 win over Japan, who also progressed to the London Games along with Russia and South Korea.
Serbia is on a "long and uncertain" road to joining the European Union but will not give up its claim to Kosovo for the sake of membership, President-elect Tomislav Nikolic told President Vladimir Putin on Saturday.
UNITED NATIONS — A Russian cargo ship loaded with weapons is en route to Syria and was due to arrive at a Syrian port over the weekend, Al Arabiya television said in a report that Western diplomats in New York described as credible.
KIEV — Ukraine's ruling party has triggered violent protests with a move to upgrade the official role of Russian, a sensitive issue opponents say will split the country.
VOLGOGRAD — Russia’s recent economic growth has given rise to slave labor schemes enticing waves of migrant workers from Russia’s poor regions and former Soviet republics of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. read more
MANILA, Philippines --- The Russian Federation is urging the Philippines to engage in a more aggressive tourism campaign to call for more Russians to visit the "many other interesting and unique sites" in the country.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev called for United Russia to be “rebuilt from scratch” at a convention that elected him party leader over the weekend.
Six countries, including Russia and China, have sought India's help to replicate Project Tiger, one of the most successful conservation programmes running in the country to protect the big cats from extinction.
MONTPELLIER, France (AP) — Russia won four medals at the European gymnastics championships Sunday, including golds on high bar and still rings, to add to the silver medal it had already won in the team competition.
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