(Bloomberg) -- Russian Police detained gay rights
activists and three European lawmakers as they demonstrated
outside the Moscow mayor's office today and Ultra-nationalists
also attacked the demonstrators.
Russian gay rights advocate Nikolai Alexeyev, who
organized today's event, and German parliament member Volker
Beck were pelted with eggs and then bundled into a police van
after attempting to deliver a letter to Moscow Mayor Yuri
Luzhkov requesting permission to hold a march in support of
gay rights in the city.
Read more at Bloomberg Emerging Markets News
activists and three European lawmakers as they demonstrated
outside the Moscow mayor's office today and Ultra-nationalists
also attacked the demonstrators.
Russian gay rights advocate Nikolai Alexeyev, who
organized today's event, and German parliament member Volker
Beck were pelted with eggs and then bundled into a police van
after attempting to deliver a letter to Moscow Mayor Yuri
Luzhkov requesting permission to hold a march in support of
gay rights in the city.
Read more at Bloomberg Emerging Markets News
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