TODAY: International outrage over anti-gay law continues, protests in London and New York; Obama discusses current Russia rows as Lavrov meets with Kerry; Sobyanin will not debate with his rivals ahead of mayoral elections; Rosbank CEO detained.

President Vladimir Putin acknowledged ‘the trust that has been shown to us’ in Moscow’s being granted permission to host the athletics world championships, which began this weekend, but the International Olympic Committee is asking for further clarification from the Kremlin on how new anti-gay laws will affect athletes and spectators at next year’s Sochi Olympics.  Worldwide protests and calls for an international boycott of the Sochi games are continuing, spearheaded by the entertainment industry.  Vitaly Milonov, one of the lawmakers behind the new Russian law banning ‘homosexual propaganda’, called British comedian Stephen Fry a ‘sick person’ in a bid to discredit Fry’s call to have Russia banned from hosting next year’s Olympics.  British Prime Minister David Cameron rejected the call, arguing that ‘we can better challenge prejudice as we attend’ the Games, whilst protesters gathered at 10 Downing Street in London, and at the New York home of Russia’s U.N. Ambassador, Vitaly Churkin.  The ‘homosexual propaganda’ law has ‘enshrined second-class citizenship for LGBT people’, says Masha Gessen, by making it ‘an offence to claim social equality’.  Russian teenagers are using internet support groups to voice their frustrations about persecution.