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Anti-gay Moscow mayor fired

by Rex Wockner

International News Briefs

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev fired anti-gay Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov Sept. 27, saying he had lost confidence in him.
Over the past five years, Luzhkov has banned gay pride yearly, sent police to rough up and arrest small groups of activists who ignored the bans, called gay parades "satanic" and called gay people "faggots" or "queers" ("gomiki").
Several lawsuits over the bans have been merged at the European Court of Human Rights and are expected to be heard this year.
Acting Moscow Mayor Vladimir Resin said Sept. 29 that he does not support gay pride parades either.

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