LIVE BLOGGING: Russia Protest In London

A mass protest against the Russian Government's anti-gay laws has commenced in central London this afternoon.

by Newsdesk | 10th August 2013

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16:05 Protest ends

16:03 BBC reports on the Protests http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23650026

15:52: Comedian and openly gay Simon Amstell aparently at Protest

15:52: Stephen Trending in London on Twitter

15:50: First Vine Video from Protest https://vine.co/v/hhdrFJT6Trz

15:49 Stephen Fry interviewed on SkyNews

15:45: Twitter user Jo Young describes the protest as 'Dignified and unified'

15:42: Protest due to end at 16:00

15:34: Stephen Fry talks to the press about the LGBT Russia Protest

15:31: Twitter user SellyK reports that Holly Johnson from Frankie Goes To Hollywood is at the Protest

15:29:A rainbow has been drawn on a zebra crossing outside Russian Embassy in Stockholm

15:27: Interview with Stephen Fry with BBC correspondent Allie Hodgkins-Brown due to be broadcast soon

15:24: BBC are reporting on the protest according to users on Twitter

15:18 People talking with Stephen Fry

15:09: SkyNews is reporting abou the LGBT Protest against the Anti-gay laws in Russia

15:07: Hundreds of people in central London

15:04: CEO of GMFA Matthew Hodson: tweets from London: "#lgbtrussiaprotest is growing"

15:03: Picture:

14:58: Stephen Fry

14:57: BigBusTours conductors have been encouraging passengers to wave and cheer support

14:54: In attendance Stephen Fry and Peter Tatchell

14:51: Reports from twitter state that around 1,100 people have turned up to the Protest in London