Russian gay rights activists on Friday held a protest over the murder of a journalist in the northwestern city of St Petersburg, accusing the authorities of hushing up a homophobic hate crime.
54-year-old journalist and respected theatre critic Dmitry Tsilikin was found stabbed to death in his flat on April 1, with investigators saying he met his killer online.
Gay activists and local media have suggested the murder had a homophobic motive, citing neo-Nazi messages posted on social media by the detained suspect, a student.
Around a dozen activists attended the protest on a pedestrian street in the centre of St Petersburg on Friday, monitored by police who did not break it up.
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