Moscow has authorised the city’s first gay pride parade after seeing similar unsanctioned rallies degenerate into mass arrests and Western condemnation, organisers said Tuesday. “After a five-year struggle, we have received permission from city hall to organised a gay pride parade on May 28,” GayRussia association head Nikolai Alexeyev told AFP. The Moscow event has been authorised to include 500 people, the organiser said.

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