Randy Berry scheduled to speak to participants on March 29
Gay U.S. ambassador to Dominican Republic receives sustained applause at event
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
