It's a strange old world. The city authorities in Moscow don't want gay pride marches in their city because of the disorder they bring.
And the citizens of Moscow overwhelmingly agree with the city fathers on this matter. So permits are refused for the parade.
Which is like a red rag to a bull to activist communities across the globe. And off some of their most vocal members go to Moscow to parade anyway. To get assaulted by angry grannies, then arrested and to have a good old whine in the media.
And in a few hours this same sorry saga will be playing out again.
Beats me why they do it - there are plenty of cities which allow their decadent parades, why go out of your way to inflict them upon a city that doesn't want them?
I'll tell you why my friends, the real reason is that the self absorbed believe that their "rights" trump other peoples rights.