Russian LGBT Activists Arrested Under 'Gay Propaganda' Law In St. Petersburg

Russia's controversial "gay propaganda" laws continue to dominate international headlines ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, with news that authorities have detained four rights advocates in St. Petersburg. As The Washington Blade is reporting, activists Anastasia Smirnova, Aleksandra Semenova and a pregnant woman are among the four taken into custody Feb. 7 after allegedly trying to take photographs of themselves holding a banner which read, "Discrimination is incompatible with the Oly...