Anti-gay activists target PepsiCo's Russian unit
MOSCOW, Sept 28 (Reuters) - An anti-gay activist group said
it will picket shops selling milk produced by PepsiCo Inc's
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on the packaging violates a local law banning homosexual
"propaganda".
The milk brand is called Vesyoly Molochnik, which translates
as Gay Milkman, though in Russian the word vesyoly does not
suggest homosexuality. The group said that it was objecting to
the rainbow, which it saw as the international symbol for the
gay movement.
The group said on Friday that it has asked prosecutors to
take action because the packaging violated the law passed in St.
Petersburg in February, which makes it illegal to spread
"propaganda" that could "damage the health, moral and spiritual
development of the underaged". The offence carries a fine of up
to 500,000 roubles ($16,100).
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