(FILES) A picture taken on August 12, 2017 shows people waving gay rights' movement rainbow flags during the gay pride rally in Saint-Petersburg. Moscow on November 17, 2023 asked to outlaw the "International LGBT public movement" without saying if the ban would refer to various communities in general or specific rights organisations. "The Russian justice ministry has lodged an administrative legal claim with the Supreme Court to recognise the International LGBT public movement as extremist and ban its activity in Russia," it said in a statement, which added a court hearing was scheduled November 30. (Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA / AFP)