Measure would ban foreign officials responsible for human rights abuses
Volker Beck plans to resign from leadership positions
Vlad Slavskii is originally from Russian city of Sochi
Critics contend measure would ban coming out
Marriage in Ireland, a kinder pope grab headlines
March release planned but further obstacles remain
Newspaper cites ‘fake’ Randy Berry letter to Nikolai Alexeyev
Measure introduced two years after propaganda law signed
U.S. ambassador to U.N. wrote 2011 LGBT rights memorandum
Three-year state plan sees shortfall as cases increase
