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Russia's Health Ministry has submitted a draft law to parliament banning the open sale of cigarettes and smoking in public places

Russia Considers Public Smoking Ban

11:09 21/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti)

Russia's Health Ministry has submitted a draft law to parliament banning the open sale of cigarettes and smoking in public places, in a bid to cut deaths in the world's largest smoking nation.

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The LGBT community in the Russian capital will hold a gay pride rally despite City Hall's refusal to authorize the event, gay rights activist Nikolai Alexeyev said on Friday.
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Several dozen masked individuals attacked the first sanctioned gay demonstration in St. Petersburg and vented their anger on migrant workers after police drove the gays from the scene, Fontanka.ru said.1
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Russian police believe the media is biased against them and they should more vigorously defend their good name, including via courts of law, according to an official document circulated by the Interior Ministry, Life News reported on Friday.
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The organizers of demonstrations should not be held culpable for the number of people who attend them, Russia's Constitutional Court ruled on Friday in a decision which could have implications for public order.
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A Moscow court sentenced Russian opposition activist Ilya Yashin to ten days in jail for disobeying police orders during Wednesday’s opposition rally in central Moscow.
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