The Voronezh administration received a notification about a gay pride planned for October 10 and a meeting against the Federal Law banning promotion of non-traditional sexual relations among the underaged on October 13.
“Considering the fact that they wanted to promote non-traditional sexual relations among the underaged, they received a refusal as there is a ban on spreading information inflicting harm to children’s health and development,” press service of Voronezh mayor office told Interfax.
The Tambov administration also told the agency that they did not agree to hold events aiming at “attracting public attention to non-traditional sexual relations.”
Authorities of certain cities of the Central Federative District – Tula, Kaluga, Ivanovo, Belgorod, Vladimir, Oryol, Ryazan and Kursk refused representatives of the LGTB community in holding gay pride parades.
