Martin Doyle Cartoon: Mardi Gras in Moscow

Monday, 28 January 2013, 4:47 pm
Opinion: Martin Doyle

Mardi Gras in Moscow

By Martin Doyle
28 Jan 2013

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With the annual gay and lesbian Mardi Gras coming up in Sydney, you have to wonder what kind of parade you'd have in modern Russia given their fresh homophobic legislation.
Ref: http://www.businessinsider.com/russian-parliament-backs-anti-gay-bill-2013-1?0=main-contributor

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