US EditionRussia Finds LGBTQ Travel Agent Guilty of Extremism After Suicide
Kotov was found guilty of organizing extremist LGBT-related tours and using minors for pornography after dying in custody; the case closed nearly a year later in a closed trial.
- On Friday, November 14, 2025, Moscow's Golovinsky District Court posthumously found Andrei Kotov, owner of Men Travel agency, guilty of organising an extremist organisation and using minors for pornography nearly a year after his death in custody.
- Russia's Supreme Court's designation of the `international social LGBT movement` as extremist set the legal backdrop, with state rhetoric branding LGBT tours criminal, underpinning accusations against Kotov.
- Rights groups reported Kotov was denied medication and warm clothing in detention, while investigators said he died by suicide and Kotov alleged police beat and electrocuted him during arrest.
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He was arrested for setting up an "extremist organization" — a travel agency for gay homes in Russia. He committed suicide and eleven months after his death, Russian justice considered him guilty of the charges.
The Golovinsky District Court of Moscow posthumously found Andrey Kotov, the owner of the Man Travel travel agency, guilty of participating in an LGBT “extremist organization” and organizing its activities, Mediazona reports.
Andrei Kótov committed suicide in late 2024, when he was in pretrial detention, after being arrested for the alleged crime of having founded an “extremist organization,” a travel agency for homosexual couples in Russia. But not even dead did the Russian justice—which works under the direct influence of the Kremlin, like the rest of the powers in the country—let him rest in peace. Eleven months after his death, a Moscow court has found him guilty…
Moscow Court Finds Man Accused of Organizing LGBTQ+ Tours Guilty 1 Year After Suicide in Police Custody
A Moscow court has posthumously found the owner of a travel agency guilty of organizing extremist activities linked to the banned “LGBT movement” nearly a year after he died in police custody, the independent outlet Mediazona reported on Friday.
Judge of the Golovina Court of Moscow, Elena Astakhova, posthumously found Andrei Kotova guilty of the owner of Men Trevel tournament ...
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