Equality campaigners protested outside the Russian Consulate against anti-gay laws in the country.
Legislation passed by Russia’s lower house of parliament in June makes it illegal to give “homosexual propaganda” to children.
Gay people have been physically and verbally attacked in the country, particularly since the law came into affect.
Scotland’s Equality Network organised a demonstration outside the consulate in Edinburgh to protest.
Calls have also been made for Glasgow City Council leaders to cut ties with Rostov-on-Don, the Russian city with which it has been twinned since 1986.
A petition has been signed by more than 500 people and Glasgow’s Lord Provost, Sadie Docherty, has now written to the mayor of Rostov-on-Don about the new law.
Stephen Fry also raised his concerns about the situation in Russia in a strongly worded open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron earlier this week.
