[[Milan]] dan [[Venesia]] dulunya merupakan kota kembar Saint Petersburg, namun saat ini berhenti akibat larangan kota mengenai "propaganda gay".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/9712066/Milan-severs-twin-city-ties-with-St-Petersburg-over-homosexual-propaganda-ban.html|title=Milan severs twin city ties with St Petersburg over 'homosexual propaganda' ban|publisher=The Telegraph|date=November 29, 2012|accessdate=November 30, 2012}}</ref> Milan menghentikan hubungan dengan kota ini pada 23 November 2012 <ref>{{cite web|author=Associazione Radicale Certi Diritti |url=http://www.certidiritti.it/notizie/comunicati-stampa/item/1631-gemellaggio-tra-milano-e-san-pietroburgo-consiglio-comunale-approva-mozione-che-ne-chiede-la-sospensione |title=Associazione radicale Certi Diritti | Gemellaggio tra Milano e San Pietroburgo: Consiglio comunale approva mozione che ne chiede la sospensione |publisher=Certidiritti.it |date=November 23, 2012 |accessdate=March 12, 2013}}</ref> dan Venesia mengikuti pada 28 Januari 2013.<ref>{{cite web|author=Associazione Radicale Certi Diritti |url=http://www.certidiritti.it/notizie/comunicati-stampa/item/1650-venezia-approva-mozione-per-la-sospensione-degli-effetti-del-gemellaggio-con-san-pietroburgo |title=Associazione radicale Certi Diritti | Venezia approva mozione per la sospensione degli effetti del gemellaggio con San Pietroburgo |publisher=Certidiritti.it |accessdate=March 12, 2013}}</ref> Kota [[Los Angeles]] berdebat apakah akan menghentikan status kota kembar tahun 2013 <ref>{{cite web|author= Greg Hernandez |url=http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/los-angeles-urged-cut-sister-city-ties-st-petersburg-due-anti-gay-laws-there160213 |title=Los Angeles urged to cut Sister City ties with St. Petersburg due to anti-gay laws there |publisher=Gay Star News |date=February 16, 2013 |accessdate=March 12, 2013}}</ref> dan [[Carl Robert Katter|Carl Katter]], mengkampanyekan di [[Kota Melbourne|Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], untuk melakukan hal serupa.<ref name="pinknews1">{{cite web|last=Pinfold |first=Corinne |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/02/22/australia-brother-of-anti-gay-party-leader-urges-melbourne-to-cut-ties-with-st-petersburg-over-homophobic-law/ |title=Australia: Brother of anti-gay party leader urges Melbourne to cut ties with St Petersburg over homophobic law |publisher=PinkNews.co.uk |accessdate=March 12, 2013}}</ref>
== Referensi ==
Baris 340:
{{Commons category|Saint Petersburg}}
* {{ru}} [http://gov.spb.ru/ Situs resmi]
* {{Cite news|title=Destination: St Petersburg|work=[[Helsinki Times]]|author=Marina Sidyakina|date= April 10, 2008|url= http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/htimes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=545:destination-st-petersburg&catid=155:travel&Itemid=185/}}
* [http://www.kvs.spb.ru/?p=sotrudnichestvo_sankt-peterburga_s_zarubezhnimi_gorodami_i_regionami19 Official list of foreign partner cities and regions on the website of the city government's Committee for External Relations (in Russian)]
