Russians protest against plans for gay parade
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Russian nationalists, communists and religious believers gathered in Moscow on Saturday to denounce plans for a Gay Pride march, as gay activists prepared to lobby the mayor to lift a ban on the event.
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MOSCOW -- About 1,000 people gathered in front of the US and British embassies in Moscow Friday, accusing the countries of having a double standard in the war on terror.
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Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov has protested against US plans to set up a missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic but vowed that Moscow would not be drawn into any arms race.
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VIENNA/MOSCOW  - Russia said on Thursday it had protested to Austria over the arrest of a Russian space agency official on suspicion of espionage.
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MOSCOW  - A ballet depicting Czar Nicholas II dancing in tights is drawing protests from members of the Russian Orthodox Church, which has declared Russia's last czar a saint.
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An unusually large and unruly public protest against the government of President Vladimir V. Putin ended with more than 100 arrests.
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Several thousand people gathered for a sanctioned meeting in the Chechen capital Grozny to protest a possible pardon for former Russian Army officer Yuri Budanov, Russian news agencies report.
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MOSCOW -- Police detained gay rights activists, among them European lawmakers, as they tried to present a letter to Moscow's mayor yesterday in a demonstration that also attracted a hostile crowd of people who punched and threw eggs at the activists.
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Serbs rallied in this elegant  city on the river Danube on Friday to protest against a plan to  name a boulevard after the late nationalist strongman Slobodan  Milosevic and wipe a champion of reform from the map.
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BUCHAREST, Jun 27 (IPS) - The third Gay Pride Parade that drew strong  opposition earlier this month underlines the fact that gay rights  are far from being accepted in this country.
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A broad spectrum of Russians protested Saturday in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other cities, expressing anger over a new law that replaces welfare benefits with cash payments. The demonstrators accused President Vladimir Putin's government of abusing power and trampling the rights of ordinary Russians.
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Hundreds of people have been marching through Athens to protest against a visit by US Secretary of State Colin Powell for the Olympic Games.
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At least 2,000 Russian  protesters broke through police lines and blocked St  Petersburg's main thoroughfare on Saturday, in an unusually  bold show of opposition to the Kremlin.
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British officials chose unusually sharp language to protest Moscowâs refusal to extradite the man accused of murdering a former KGB agent.
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Some Russians celebrated their military's tradition of dedication Friday while others protested its recent history of corruption and brutality in separate events marking the annual Defenders of the Fatherland holiday.
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A thousand retired people tried to block the road to a Moscow airport Saturday as 10,000 others jammed the avenues in President Vladimir Putin's hometown of St. Petersburg to voice their anger over a law that stripped them of some key welfare benefits. It was the largest show of discontent since the Kremlin leader took power nearly five years ago.
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MOSCOW - Waving flags and banners, tens of thousands of Russians demonstrated against terrorism Tuesday, massing outside the Kremlin in response to calls for solidarity by President Vladimir Putin's government after a series of deadly attacks that have killed more than 400 people.    The growing crowd stood still for a moment of silence in memory of victims, starting the rally after a clock atop the Kremlin's Spassky Tower struck 5 p.m...