Russia bans McDonalds

http://english.pravda.ru/business/companies/25-07-2014/128162-mcdonalds_russia-0/

that is official, coming from now reinstated http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pravda newspaper.

An LGBT activist was arrested because of his anti-Putin comments on the internet:
http://newsru.com/russia/29aug2014/khabarovsk_terr.html

he is being charged with extremist activity and organizing the "homosexual terrorist underground".