FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013 file photo, police detain Russia's leading gay rights campaigner Nikolai Alexeyev, center, during a protest outside the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games organizing committee office, in downtown Moscow, Russia. Despite seven months of international protests, Russia's law restricting gay-rights activity remains in place leading up to the winter olympic games. Yet the eclectic campaign has heartened activists in Russia and, without question, caught the attention of its targets - including organizers and sponsors of the Sochi Olympics that open on Feb. 7. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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