UPDATE: Apparently the Red Square has been closed in order to stop the various demostrations all around Moscow to spread there, too. Also the Eurovision final level of security has been raised tonight.
Three Finns are amongst the arrested in Moscow today. There were a lot of police in the streets and several streets were closed in attempt to stop the Gaypride happening, writes Helsingin Sanomat. The gathering place was already changed from its original place but once people started to get together the police came in 5 minutes and started arresting people present, amongst them Peter Taschell, a British activist. Soon one of the organizers Nikolai Alekseyev arrived with his partner who was dressed up as a woman. When police asked for their documents they refused to show them and asked why. After asking several times the police just grunted there's a man dressed as a woman in here. They were then forced into the police car and taken away. Two German Eurovision guests had arrived to see what was going on and described it weird, scary and depressing: They are taken away with force, showed into police cars and taken away. The arrested Russians might face big trouble in the future. The total number of the arrested people is about 30.
Three Finns are amongst the arrested in Moscow today. There were a lot of police in the streets and several streets were closed in attempt to stop the Gaypride happening, writes Helsingin Sanomat. The gathering place was already changed from its original place but once people started to get together the police came in 5 minutes and started arresting people present, amongst them Peter Taschell, a British activist. Soon one of the organizers Nikolai Alekseyev arrived with his partner who was dressed up as a woman. When police asked for their documents they refused to show them and asked why. After asking several times the police just grunted there's a man dressed as a woman in here. They were then forced into the police car and taken away. Two German Eurovision guests had arrived to see what was going on and described it weird, scary and depressing: They are taken away with force, showed into police cars and taken away. The arrested Russians might face big trouble in the future. The total number of the arrested people is about 30.
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