Police break up Moscow lgtb march
Police in Russia have broken up a march by lgtb rights activists in Moscow, staged to coincide with the final of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Several dozen campaigners had gathered near a university in defiance of a ban and some were dragged away by police when they tried to shout slogans.
British lgtb rights activist, Peter Tatchell, was among those detained.
Earlier, a counter-demonstration by nationalist and religious groups was allowed to go ahead.
The lgtb rights group had been waving flags and chanting slogans demanding equal rights and condemning the treatment of gays and lesbians in Russia.
As he was being taken away by police, Mr Tatchell shouted: "This shows the Russian people are not free."
'Satanic'
Another lgtb rights leader, Nikolai Alexeyev, was among those reported to have been arrested.
The Eurovision Song Contest traditionally has a large lgtb ***owing and activists in Russia had seen its staging in Moscow as a great opportunity to highlight what they say is deep prejudice, says the BBC's Moscow correspondent, Richard Galpin.
There have been many attacks on members of the lgtb community - they also say they risk being sacked by their employers and being shunned by their families.
The Moscow mayor Yuri Luzkhov has described such lgtb parades as "satanic".
Anti-lgtb groups had threatened to take matters into their own hands if the police failed to stop the march.