The prefecture of Moscow’s Central Administrative District has said that it gave no permission for a gay pride parade to be held in Moscow on October 1. “The district prefecture officially states that its officials gave no consent for a gay pride parade to be held on October 1, contrary to what gay pride parade organizer Nikolay Alexeyev wrote in his blog,” the prefecture’s spokesperson told Interfax. Alexeyev did apply for a picket with up to 20 participants to boycott Swiss Airlines outside its representative office in the capital, the spokesperson said.

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