ADDED ON: 01/30/2018

Gay Couple Flees Russia After Same-Sex-Marriage Scandal

01/29/2018 | Radio Free Europe

Rights activists say two Russian men whose marriage in Denmark was indirectly acknowledged by Russian authorities have fled the country, citing a “real threat” to their liberty and security. Pavel Stotsko and Yevgeny Voitsekhovsky left Russia after police declared their passports invalid and opened an administrative case against them for “intentionally defacing an official document,” the Russian rights group LGBT-Network said on January 29. It was not clear where the couple traveled to.

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