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Russia complains over 'gay bar' on president's plot in Finland
Source: The Guardian
Russia complains over 'gay bar' on president's plot in Finland
Hip-hop duo erected bar in forest on Åland island to protest against Russia’s
crackdown on homosexuality
Jessica Elgot
Wednesday 16 September 2015 20.19 BST
Police in Finland have received a complaint after two pranksters erected a makeshift gay bar based on the famous Blue Oyster from the Police Academy films to protest against Russia’s anti-gay laws.
The gay bar, a wooden structure hung with fairy lights and decorated with blue lettering, was built last weekend on a plot of land that belonged to the Russian presidency on the remote Åland archipelago, a Swedish-speaking region of Finland.
Pictures posted by the pranksters from the scene show people outside the bar, some clad in leather and wearing yellow builders’ helmets, with one couple kissing.
“This is pure hooliganism,” Russian consul Mikhail Zubov told Finnish news agency STT.
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Hip-hop duo erected bar in forest on Åland island to protest against Russia’s
crackdown on homosexuality
Jessica Elgot
Wednesday 16 September 2015 20.19 BST
Police in Finland have received a complaint after two pranksters erected a makeshift gay bar based on the famous Blue Oyster from the Police Academy films to protest against Russia’s anti-gay laws.
The gay bar, a wooden structure hung with fairy lights and decorated with blue lettering, was built last weekend on a plot of land that belonged to the Russian presidency on the remote Åland archipelago, a Swedish-speaking region of Finland.
Pictures posted by the pranksters from the scene show people outside the bar, some clad in leather and wearing yellow builders’ helmets, with one couple kissing.
“This is pure hooliganism,” Russian consul Mikhail Zubov told Finnish news agency STT.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/16/russia-complains-gay-bar-president-plot-finland
