Moscow’s mayor Yuri Luzhkov once described a propsed gay pride parade as “a satanic happening.” So you probably won’t be surprised to hear that, when Luzhkov visited London and held a press conference with Mayor Ken Livingstone, a gay rights activist came along for a bit of a protest.
Luzhkov’s aide took offense, rushed over, and tried to rip a flag from a protestors hands. Unfortunately, that’s not quite the done thing in London:
Detectives are examining footage of a confrontation between Sergi Tsoi, press secretary of Moscow’s mayor, Yuri Luzhkov, and gay activist and journalist Nikolai Alekseev, who unfurled a protest banner after Mr Luzhkov joined Ken Livingstone and counterparts from Paris, Berlin and Beijing, on the podium. The fracas, which was broken up by a security guard, occurred as Mr Luzhkov answered questions. It was broadcast to millions of viewers on Russian television.
Yet another great step forward in Russo-British relations.
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