Editing Pride parade (section)

====Russia====
[[File:MoscowPride2008-1.jpg|thumb|right|Moscow Pride protest in 2008]]
Prides in Russia are generally banned by city authorities in [[St. Petersburg]] and Moscow, due to opposition from politicians and religious leaders.{{Citation needed|date=January 2016}} Moscow Mayor [[Yuri Luzhkov]] has described the proposed [[Moscow Pride]] as "satanic".<ref name=BBC1>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6310883.stm |title=''Moscow bans 'satanic' gay parade'' |work=BBC News |date=2007-01-29 |access-date=2017-06-10}}</ref> Attempted parades have led to clashes between protesters and counter-protesters, with the police acting to keep the two apart and disperse participants. In 2007 British activist [[Peter Tatchell]] was physically assaulted.<ref name=SMH>[https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/05/28/1180205111009.html?from=top5 Sidney Morning Herald]. Smh.com.au (May 28, 2007). Retrieved on 2011-07-10.</ref> This was not the case in the high-profile attempted march in May 2009, during the Eurovision Song Contest. In this instance the police played an active role in arresting pride marchers. The [[European Court of Human Rights]] has ruled that Russia has until January 20, 2010, to respond to cases of pride parades being banned in 2006, 2007 and 2008.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091013020214/http://ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/09/Oct/0702.htm European Court of Human Rights Gives Russia Four Months to Answer Moscow Gay Prides Bans: Strasbourg Court decision could be announced before fifth Moscow Pride next year] October 7, 2009 UK Gay News via GayRussia.ru.</ref> In June 2012, Moscow courts enacted a hundred-year ban on pride parades.<ref>{{cite news |title=Not The Onion: Moscow Bans Gay Pride for Next 100 years |first=Steve |last=Clemons |author-link=Steven Clemons |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/06/not-the-onion-moscow-bans-gay-pride-for-next-100-years/258296/ |newspaper=[[The Atlantic]] |date=June 8, 2012 |access-date=June 8, 2012}}</ref>