A gay rights activist holding a rainbow umbrella is detained by police during a rally in downtown St. Petersburg on 2017.

Armenian parishioners attend a national day of prayer for Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) at the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral, near in Yerevan, Armenia, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023.

Now playing Next

The first UN mission in three decades has arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh

People take pictures during the opening night of the Sphere, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Las Vegas.

Now playing Next

WATCH: Las Vegas' newest concert venue, the Sphere, opens

Latest news bulletin | October 2nd – Morning

Now playing Next

Latest news bulletin | October 2nd – Morning

'Historic' meeting of EU foreign ministers in Kyiv

Now playing Next

'Historic' meeting of EU foreign ministers in Kyiv

Mitch McConnell during a press conference in Washington

Now playing Next

How old is too old when you're a leader?

Putin with the President of Guinea Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, in St Petersburg

Now playing Next

Has Prigozhin's demise changed Russia's plans in Africa?

Crowds watch world's largest tidal bore along the Qiantang river, September 30th 2023

Now playing Next

WATCH: China's tidal bore on the Qiantang river draws eager spectators

People take pictures during the opening night of the Sphere, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Las Vegas.

Now playing Next

WATCH: Las Vegas' newest concert venue, the Sphere, opens

Conan, a six-month-old stray, joined the security team of the Worldwide Corporate Center in the capital Manila several months ago.

Now playing Next

WATCH: Philippine security guards adopt stray cats

FILE - Slovak and EU flags flying in Slovakia

Now playing Next

Pro-Russian party wins Slovakia's election, but not outright

Opposition leader Donald Tusk at an opposition rally in Warsaw, Poland on October 1st 2023.

Now playing Next

Poland's opposition supporters mass in Warsaw two weeks before election

Germany strengthens border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic

Now playing Next

Schengen Zone: Are border controls making a comeback?

FILE- Gas extraction in Slochteren, northern Netherlands, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018.

Now playing Next

Groningen gas field: A dangerous place to live

FILE - Arayik Harutyunyan, leader of the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in Stepanakert, the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020

Now playing Next

Azerbaijan issues warrant for former Armenian separatist leader

Latest news bulletin | October 1st – Evening

Now playing Next

Latest news bulletin | October 1st – Evening

Updated: 18/09/2023 - 11:51

Russia’s LGBTQ+ community unites amid Kremlin crackdown

Surveillance and the threat of imprisonment: Euronews spoke to Russian queer activists who have chosen to stay in the country, despite increasing hostility towards the LGBTQ+ community

Read full article

More from world news

Members of Turkish Police Special Forces secure the area near the Interior Ministry following the bomb attack in Ankara

Now playing Next

Turkish airstrikes on Kurdish PKK after suicide bomb attack in Ankara

Russian President Vladimir Putin during the anniversary of the referendum called illegal by the UN in four Ukrainian regions one year ago, in Moscow, Sept. 30, 2023

Now playing Next

Putin commemorates illegal 'annexation' of four Ukrainian regions

Former Prime Minister Robert Fico arrives to his party's headquarters after polling stations closed for an early parliamentary election, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sep 30, 2023

Now playing Next

Pro-Russia ex-PM leads leftists to win in Slovakia parliamentary vote

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti pauses during an interview with The Associated Press in the capital Pristina, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.

Now playing Next

Kosovo PM calls on NATO to help fill security vacuum in north

Latest video

This image from U.S. Senate video shows the vote total, 88-9, on a temporary funding bill in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023.

Now playing Next

American hard right wants to dismiss McCarthy after shutdown agreement

Ethnic Armenians boys who fled Nagorno-Karabakh arrive in Goris, Armenia, September 29th 2023

Now playing Next

Almost all Nagorno-Karabakh's ethnic Armenians have fled, Armenia says

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks at the Ambrosetti forum at Villa d'Este, Cernobbio, Italy, September 2, 2023

Now playing Next

EU top foreign policy chief makes surprise visit to Odesa in Ukraine

Newly elected Cardinal Protase Rugambwa, coadjutor archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania, receives his biretta from Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Sept. 30, 2023

Now playing Next

Pope Francis elevates 21 new cardinals to fill highest ranks of Church

Participants bow to pay respects to the People's Heroes Monument during a ceremony to mark Martyr's Day at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023.

Now playing Next

WATCH: President Xi leads China's Martyrs' Day commemoration

A young girl casts a vote for her mother at a polling station during an early parliamentary election in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023.

Now playing Next

Slovakia election: What does it mean for young people?

FILE - Interior of Atom Muzeum, Brdy Highlands forest, Czech Republic

Now playing Next

Playing jazz in a former Soviet nuclear arms depot

A voter casts his ballot at a polling station in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023.

Now playing Next

Slovakia: Support for Kyiv at stake as polls open in knife-edge vote

All change at The White House? A possible shut down is on the cards

Now playing Next

Is the United States on the brink of a government shutdown?

Let the pictures tell the story.

Now playing Next

No Comment Videos of the Week

Video showing Ukrainian troops in Bakhmut region.

Now playing Next

Ukraine war: Russia's Medvedev promises new conquests

Participants into the Malta Mediterranean Summit talk during a news conference, in Mdina, Malta, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.

Now playing Next

Southern EU countries call for new European migration and asylum deal

Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in the capital Pristina, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.

Now playing Next

Kosovo PM backs NATO decision to bolster troops in the Balkans

A garden employee poses for a picture near artwork entitled 'House of Spirits' by US artist Jeffrey Gibson, during a photocall for Kew Gardens' 'Queer Nature'

Now playing Next

'Queer Nature' - London festival celebrates the diversity of plants

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives the Chairman of the People's Council of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, for the Central Asia Summit in Berlin, Sept. 29, 2023.

Now playing Next

Germany and Central Asian states voice support for 'Middle Corridor'

Host Méabh Mc Mahon with Vlad Gheorghe, Jacob Kirkegaard and Tinatin Akhvlediani

Now playing Next

Brussels, my love?

Brussels, my love? Poland rocks the boat of support to Ukraine