Russia designates gay tour organiser as extremist

Head of gay travel agency added to Rosfinmonitoring's register of terrorists and extremists. This was reported by ParniPlus. 

Rosfinmonitoring added Andrei Kotov, director of the Men Travel travel agency, to the register of terrorists and extremists after his arrest on December 2. Kotov was detained in connection with a case involving the activities of an "extremist organization," in which he organized travel for members of the LGBTQI+ community, including a trip along the Volga and an upcoming tour to Egypt.

Kotov does not admit guilt, claiming that during the search he was subjected to physical violence by law enforcement officers - he was beaten by two officers: one hit him in the face, and the other used a stun gun. At the moment, Kotov is in a pretrial detention center, from where he was transferred to a punishment cell. The details of his case remain unknown.

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