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Russian Activists Plan Rally To Fight Back Proposed Anti-Gay Propaganda Ban | Deputies of the Moscow City Duma who are considering an anti-gay measure to fine anyone who distributes so-called “homosexual propaganda” in the city, say “they plan to push the initiative on the federal level.” City Duma speaker Vladimir Platonov said that it would be possible to “take up the pen and write the same law accepted by four subjects of the Federation” that would “prepare a good federal legislative initiative that would protect minors from all the negative information.” St. Petersburg, Russia sparked international controversy after adopting a similar measure last month and LGBT advocates around Russia are organizing to oppose the federal expansion. Gay rights activists will hold a parade for May 27 to “protest the advance of anti-homosexual legislation in Russia” and celebrate the “19th anniversary of the abolition of criminal prosecution for engaging in homosexual relations.”