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7 February 2014, Russia. Interior Ministry members detain LGBT rights activists attempting to hold a protest rally in Red Square near the Kremlin in Moscow shortly before Vladimir Putin opened the Sochi Winter Olympics. Media reported that 10 protesters were detained in Moscow and four in St. Petersburg.REUTERS/Yevgeny Feldman

7 February 2014, United Kingdom. A LGBT rights protest was held in London as part of Global Speakout for Russia, which was taking place in more than 30 cities around the world.REUTERS/Paul Hackett

5 February 2014, Paraguay. LGBT rights supporters protest outside the Russian embassy in Asuncion. The placards, featuring Olympic sponsor Coca-Cola, read “Advertisers, it’s time to raise your voice.REUTERS/Jorge Adorno

2 Februrary 2014, Brazil. Demonstrators in Rio de Janeiro release balloons printed with messages directed against Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and anti-gay laws.REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

27 January 2014, Belgium. An activist shows a photo of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin depicted with devil horns, as protesters gather outside the European Commission in Brussels.AP Photo/Yves Logghe

27 January 2014, Belgium. A peaceful demonstration outside the European Commission in Brussels.AP Photo/Yves Logghe

18 January 2014, Russia. Security personnel restrain a protester during the Olympic torch relay in the city of Voronezh.AP Photo/Andrei Nasonov

12 December 2013, Germany. Protestors call on the Russian authorities to lift anti-LGBT laws outside the Russian embassy in Berlin.REUTERS/Thomas Peter

12 October 2013, Russia. LGBT rights activists kiss as they are taken away by police officers during a protest in St. Petersburg.REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk

6 October 2013, Sweden. People sing the Russian national anthem while raising rainbow flags in solidarity with the Russian LGBT community at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium.REUTERS/Erik Martensson/TT News

5 October 2013, Greece. LGBT rights activists protest on the steps of the Acropolis museum in Athens while the Olympic flame makes its way through the city.AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis

25 September 2013, Russia. Police arrest an LGBT rights activist during a protest outside the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games Organising Committee office in Moscow.AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev

23 August 2013, Spain. Demonstrators call for the Winter 2014 Olympic Games to be taken away from Sochi during a protest in front of the Russian embassy in Madrid.AP Photo/Paul White

10 August 2013, United Kingdom. During a protest in London, activists stage a performance where LGBT people are apprehended by actors wearing masks of Russian President Vladimir Putin.AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis

4 August 2013, Canada. Vancouver Gay Pride Parade participants hold signs protesting Vladimir Putin’s stance on LGBT rights in Russia.Flickr/[Rikki]/Julius Reque/http://bit.ly/1a7345Y

3 August 2013, United Kingdom. Participants in Brighton, England’s Gay Pride Parade hold signs calling for a boycott of the Sochi Olympics.Flickr/Bear Clause/http://bit.ly/19uLBUr

2 August 2013, Russia. Kirill Kalugin, an LGBT rights activist, poses for press during a one-man protest in St. Petersburg with a banner that reads, “This is propagating tolerance.” Kalugin was later apprehended by a group of Russian paratroopers.REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk

31 July 2013, United States. LGBT rights activist Ken Kidd demonstrates in front of the Russian consulate in New York.AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

29 June 2013, Russia. A protestor flashes the peace sign during a gay pride event in St. Petersburg that ended when dozens of LGBT rights activists and supporters were attacked. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk

29 June 2013, Russia. Riot police detain Russian LGBT rights activists Maxim Lysak and Jury Gavrikov during a rally in St. Petersburg.AP Photo/Dimitry Lovetsky

1 May 2013, Russia. LGBT rights activists take part in a rally in St. Petersburg.AP Photo/Dimitry Lovetsky

1 May 2013, Russia. Activists in St. Petersburg march in support of LGBT rights.REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk

6 April 2013, Russia. During a rally in Moscow, a demonstrator holds an anti-corruption poster showing Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev overlayed with the Olympic rings in barbed wire.AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev

1 March 2013, France. Activists with Reporters Without Borders (RSF) stand outside of the Russian embassy in Paris in front of banners featuring blood-covered brass knuckles in the design of the Olympic rings.AP Photo/Michel Euler