ST. PETERSBURG, Russia—Dozens of young people were singing lyrics by a local band on Palace Square: “We’ll be together, like Sid and Nancy, we’ll never live long enough to be pensioners.”
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Russian riot police detained gay rights activist during World Day Against Homophobia and Transophobia in Saint Petersburg on May 17, 2019.