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So I appeal to the organizers to refrain from such activities. Therefore, in present circumstances there is a danger of provocations in the capital. However, the "March of Equality" and in peacetime the increased degree of tension in society has caused much controversy and fights and confrontation have taken place. Klitschko made a public statement this week saying he would not provide police support because: “In Kiev there is no harassment on any grounds and each person is guaranteed freedom of expression and belief. LGBT organizations in Ukraine have more monetary support from outside Ukraine than from within, and thus how Kiev is perceived on the Western stage is a dominating factor.įurther complicating divisions between local LGBT organizations are the divisions within Ukraine’s new post-Soviet government. This year it’s even more complicated as divisions between local activists along with divisions between local Kiev government and Ukraine’s federal politicians have opened up.Īccording to Maxim Eristavi, local producer of Ukraine’s largest English-language Internet platform Hromadske (Full disclosure: I have worked with Eristavi as a volunteer editor for Hromadske), many local activists have expressed a desire to see Kiev Pride fail once again in the hopes that this would attract more Western support in 2016.