Mikhail Baryshnikov: "My life has been immensely enriched by gay mentors, colleagues and friends..." - HP

Mikhail Baryshnikov

The Russian dance legend and actor ("Sex and the City") sounded off on the controversial legislation in an exclusive statement for the No More Fear Foundation, an international LGBT advocacy organization.

"My life has been immensely enriched by gay mentors, colleagues and friends and any discrimination and persecution of gay people is unacceptable," Baryshnikov, 65, said. "Equal treatment of people is a basic right and it is sad that we still have to even speak about this in [the] 21st century."

The Kremlin, the Press and the Protesters: A Case Study of Rule by Paranoia - 12/13/2013 - By SERGE SCHMEMANN - NYT | Uncle of Kim Jong Un Is Executed - 12/12/2013 - WSJ

• The Kremlin, the Press and the Protesters: A Case Study of Rule by Paranoia - 12/13/2013 - By SERGE SCHMEMANN 

• Uncle of Kim Jong Un Is Executed - 12/12/2013 - 
• North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un's powerful uncle executed - 12/12/2013 -

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Top Russian court orders review of Pussy Riot case 12/12/13 12:27 from Reuters: International

» Top Russian court orders review of Pussy Riot case
12/12/13 12:27 from Reuters: International
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Supreme Court has ordered a review of the case against two women from punk band Pussy Riot, saying lower courts failed to provide full evidence of their guilt and overlooked mitigating factors in sentencing...