The Gay Russian Demonstrators were in St. Petersburg.

If anyone knows anything about Russia they would know St. Petersburg is very European in its culture and has been for a long, long time.

It has a notation in Russian society similar to NYC and it's frequent progressives agenda including fighting against food abuse and large drinks.

Basically, St. Petersburg gets on many Russians last nerve. It is also a beautiful city and carries pride with Russian society. So, in many ways, if there was going to be Gay Rights demonstrations they would have started in St. Petersburg. 

Aug 2, 2013
While holding a one-man protest (click here) against LGBT rights violations in Russia, activist Krill Kalugin was attacked by a group of Russian paratroopers in St. Petersburg today. The paratroopers were celebrating Russia’s Paratroopers day, which honors military servicemen.

According to Animal New York’s translation of a video of the attack, paratroopers approached the man and began pushing him around after saying they did “not agree with” his actions.

The Olympics are coming up and every Russian with an agenda knows there will be intense interest by the international community during that time. Hello?

China did well when they hosted the Olympics, but, the social rules are well enforced in China and no new rules were necessary. The Olympics went on while there were human rights abuses in the nation. One of the reasons the Olympics occur every four years in two different seasons is to promote good will and progress toward peace. If every Olympics looked like a G anything meeting with Globalists everywhere, some how it just would not be the same. Go figure.

While Gay Rights is an important subject and Europe has a high level of status for their gay communities; Russia has decided this eruption of demonstrations by their gay community is opportunistic. Quite frankly it is. 

The Gay Community in Russia has made a statement. No one is going to forget it. The way to assist the community is to work within a framework that won't disrupt lives and livelihoods. The best path is to have the USA State Department carry the agenda forward while advocating for their freedoms of expression to minimize victimization. I am quite confident Russian diplomacy will point to the fact the USA has only recently realized a Court overturn a Clinton era law and there really isn't any overall right for their gay community to marry. They would be correct. 

The USA has a way to go yet before they are solid examples of freedom and diversity. In the meantime, activists will seek attention and those viewing it will worry about them, demand fair treatment and ask international observers to insure their well being. It is the way of the world.

The Olympics will go on and again we will celebrate athletes being ambassadors for their countries. There is no excuse to boycott the Olympics. The USA has no 'moral authority' in the treatment of their gay community to make such a stand.