Six LGBTQ activists have found a way to fly the Pride flag in Russia - by wearing football shirts in the rainbow colours.

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Six LGBTQ activists have found a way to fly the Pride flag in Russia – by wearing football shirts in the rainbow colours.

The country has had a law banning the spreading of «gay propaganda» among under-18s since 2013.

The Pride flag is a symbol celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities, but displaying it in Russia can get you arrested.

The group got together and wore their nations’ football tops around Moscow.

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