Stock photography picture of Moscow Gay Parade Attacked Copyright Jeremy Nicholl 2007. All rights reserved.

A8KNBH - Licenced Caption Moscow Gay Parade Attacked Copyright Jeremy Nicholl 2007. All rights reserved. Description Moscow Russia 27 05 2007 A Russian nationalist tears a poster from the hands of veteran British gay rights activist Peter Tatchell at Moscow s second attempted Gay Pride parade The parade had already been banned by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov on the grounds that it would provoke violence but gay activists attempted to demonstrate in defiance of the ban and many were beaten by counter demonstrators and arrested by police Keywords Moscow, OMON, Russia, Russian, controversial, controversy, demonstrate, demonstration, demonstrator, demonstrators, disturbance, enforce, enforcement, extreme, extremism, extremist, extremists, fascism, fascist, fascists, fighting, gay, gay, pride, homo, homophobe, homophobia, homophobic, homosexual, illegal, law, march, marching, militia, nationalism, nationalist, nazi, neo, neo, fascist, neo, nazi, order, outlawed, paramilitary, police, policeman, political, politics, public, queer, skin, skin, head, skin, heads, skinhead, skinheads, xenophobe, xenophobia, xenophobic