Anton Krasovsky Explained

Anton Krasovsky
Native Name:Антон Красовский
Native Name Lang:ru
Birth Name:Anton Vyacheslavovich Kuznetsov-Krasovsky
Birth Date:18 July 1975
Birth Place:Podolsk, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship:Russia
Years Active:1996–present
Education:Maxim Gorky Literature Institute

Anton Vyacheslavovich Krasovsky (Kuznetsov-Krasovsky)[1] [2] (Russian: Антон Вячеславович Красовский (Кузнецов-Красовский); born 18 July 1975) is a Russian television presenter, journalist and activist.[3] [4] He was a presenter and director of Russian-language broadcasting on the Russian state-controlled broadcaster RT from 2020[5] until his suspension in October 2022,[6] [7] after comments he made caused a backlash.[8] [9] [10] [11] Previously, he came to prominence for his defense of gay rights in Russia, including his criticism of the Russian gay propaganda law.[12] [7] [13]

Life and career

Krasovsky was born on 18 July 1975 in Podolsk and studied at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. In 2011 Krasovsky participated in the presidential campaign of Mikhail Prokhorov. He also worked as a journalist and editor at the pro-Kremlin[14] NTV channel. He previously worked at Kommersant, Yandex, Nezavisimaya Gazeta and Vogue.

Krasovsky later began work at another pro-Kremlin[14] channel, Kontr TV, started by himself and Sergey Minaev in December 2012. On 25 January 2013, during a discussion of a proposed national ban on "homosexual propaganda", Krasovsky revealed his homosexuality, stating on-air, "I'm gay and I'm as much a human-being as President Putin and Premier Medvedev." (Russian: Я гей и такой же человек, как президент Путин и премьер Медведев.|links=no) His statement was not made available online or was deleted soon afterwards, and on 28 January Krasovsky resigned from the channel and denounced the working environment there. According to other sources, he was fired the same day. His face was soon censored from the show website and removed from the TV show's archives.

Krasovsky stated that he came out because he had had enough of feeling like a hypocrite. He later referred to the channel's entire output as "propaganda." In May, following the murder of Vlad Tornovy reportedly because he was thought to be gay, Krasovsky published an article in The Guardian denouncing homophobia in Russia. He wrote:

Krasovsky spoke out in August 2013 against the boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia that some gay rights activists proposed. He said: "If you want to boycott Olympic games in Russia, you're trying to boycott 7 million gay people in Russia. You want to boycott me." He is interviewed about his experiences in the 2014 documentary film .[15]

In July 2016, Krasovsky and the head of the outpatient department of the Moscow Regional AIDS Center Elena Orlova-Morozova established The Foundation in support of people who live with HIV — AIDS.Center.[16]

Since 2021 Krasovsky has presented a program on Russia Today called The Antonyms.

In October 2022, Krasovsky, who is openly gay, supported the approval of a law banning "LGBT propaganda" in Russia.[17] Previously, in 2013, Krasovsky spoke out against such laws and urged gay people to fight for their rights.[18]

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Krasovsky was a prominent supporter and pro-war commentator during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6] Prior to the invasion, amid a rise in bellicose rhetoric in Russian state media, Krasovsky referred to Ukrainians as "animals", described Ukraine as "our Russian land", and warned that Russia would invade if Ukraine was close to joining NATO.[19] [20]

After the Vinnytsia missile strikes in July 2022, which killed 23 people, including 3 children, Krasovsky said that "Vinnytsia is not enough", and voiced his hope for a "final solution. A real, military one".[21]

In August 2022, he said that "there should not be any Ukrainians at all" and therefore, that the Ukrainian language should be banned.

On 10 October 2022, in the aftermath of missile strikes across Ukraine which caused 14 deaths, Krasovsky shared a video of him dancing on a balcony in a cap with the letter Z,[22] stating: "To say that I am happy is to say nothing at all. I'm just dancing on the balcony in Russian Army pajamas."[23] In another post on Telegram, Krasovsky stated that the attack was "not enough".[24]

Suspension from RT

See main article: Krasovsky case. In late October 2022, during a broadcast, Krasovsky said that Ukrainian children who had in the past criticised the Soviet Union as occupiers of Ukraine should have been thrown into river to make them drown there or been burned alive in their cottages. When Krasovsky said Ukraine "should not exist at all", his interviewee objected as this would mean incorporating many people who did not wish to live under Russian rule, to which Krasovsky said Russia should "shoot" these people.[25] [26] [27] The comments sparked outrage both outside and inside Russia, and Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba called on countries to ban RT for what he described as incitement of genocide.[5] RT's editor-in-chief, Margarita Simonyan, said that she had suspended Krasovsky over the "disgusting" comments.[6] [28] [29]

That same day, Krasovsky apologized:[30]

On the evening of the same day, Krasovsky recorded a four-minute video apology stating that "every baby's tear is my pain, my worst nightmare".[31]

Personal life

On 25 January 2013 he came out as a gay man.[32]

In December 2017, Krasovsky revealed that he has been HIV positive since 2011.[33]

Sanctions

In late February, following the start of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Krasovsky was sanctioned by the European Union;[34] the government of the United Kingdom did the same as a result of the invasion.[35]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Список доверенных лиц кандидата на должность Президента РФ Прохорова Михаила Дмитриевича. ru. List of confidants of the presidential candidate Mikhail Dmitriyevich Prokhorov. 2 February 2012.
  2. Web site: Красовский подал документы для участия в выборах мэра Москвы. ru. Krasovsky submits documents to participate in Moscow mayoral election. Meduza. 15 June 2018.
  3. Web site: Russian State TV Presenter Said Ukrainian Children Should Have Been Drowned, Sparking Outrage. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 23 October 2022.
  4. Web site: Kremlin-funded RT presenter claims Ukraine is Russian land that Russia will 'take back' by force.
  5. Web site: 2022-10-24 . Russian TV presenter accused of inciting genocide in Ukraine . 2022-10-25 . the Guardian . en.
  6. Web site: Ukraine urges global ban of Russia's RT over presenter's call to drown children. Reuters. 23 October 2022.
  7. Web site: Krasovsky: Russia bans 'burn Ukrainian kids' TV presenter. BBC News. 24 October 2022.
  8. Web site: RT: Мы сожжем украинскую конституцию на Крещатике. The New Times. 2022-01-15. 2022-10-15.
  9. Web site: ru. В России предлагают создать идеологию "путинизма". . 2022-07-16. 2022-10-15.
  10. Web site: ru. "В этой ипостаси он абсолютное зло". Портрет пропагандиста Антона Красовского от Светланы Рейтер. Meduza. 2022-09-18. 2022-10-15.
  11. Web site: ru. "Танцую в пижаме "Армии России"", "Ответочка прилетела", "Я счастлив". Пропагандисты об ударах по Киеву, в результате которых погибли люди. The Insider. 2022-10-10. 2022-10-15.
  12. Web site: Gay Russian TV personality reflects on his firing and his country. Los Angeles Times. 23 February 2013.
  13. Web site: Meet Anton Krasovsky, the Gay Man Running for Mayor of Moscow. The Daily Beast. 29 June 2018.
  14. Web site: Anton Krasovsky The Guardian. The Guardian. en. 2019-05-28.
  15. Web site: Russia's Deadly Campaign. . Out. 2014-05-16. 2015-04-08.
  16. Web site: Фонд "СПИД.ЦЕНТР" просит о финансовой помощи . AIDS.Center Foundation asks for financial help . Yesenia Martynova . 2016-10-06 . New Izvestia . Russian . 2018-04-15.
  17. Web site: "Эта нога — у кого надо нога" - Гея гей запрещай скорей . 2022-10-24 . Новая газета. Европа . Ru.
  18. Web site: 2013-05-17 . Красовский: если геи не будут бороться, их сожгут . Krasovsky: If gays don't fight, they will be burned . 2022-10-24 . BBC News Русская служба . ru.
  19. News: 2022-01-17 . "Kremlin-funded RT presenter claims Ukraine is Russian land that Russia will 'take back' by force" . 2022-03-02 . en. Coynash. Halya. Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group.
  20. Web site: 2022-01-11 . "Александр Баунов: что случилось в Казахстане? // Антонимы с Антоном Красовским"("Alexander Baunov: what happened in Kazakhstan? // Antonyms with Anton Krasovsky ") . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302215727/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJquCDmQ51w&t=3409s . 2022-03-02 . 2022-03-02 . ru.
  21. Web site: "Никаких украинцев быть не должно". 10 людоедских цитат Красовского, которые не возмутили Симоньян . "There shouldn't be any Ukrainians." 10 Cannibalistic Krasovsky Quotes That Didn't Outrage Simonyan. 2022-10-24 . 2022-10-29 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20221027153330/https://theins.ru/news/256310 . 2022-10-27 . live . ru.
  22. News: Журналист Антон Красовский станцевал на видео из-за ракетных ударов по Украине. ru. Journalist Anton Krasovsky danced on video because of rocket attacks on Ukraine. CTNews. 10 October 2022.
  23. Web site: Россия ударила ракетами по украинским городам. Чего она добилась и что теперь грозит Украине?. ru. Russia fired missiles at Ukrainian cities. What has she achieved and what is now threatening Ukraine?. 10 October 2022.
  24. Web site: Russian officials, commentators call for more missile strikes on Ukraine. pbs.org. 11 October 2022.
  25. News: 23 October 2022 . Propagandist Anton Krasovsky fired from RT . Russian Free Press . 23 October 2022.
  26. News: Cooney . Christy . 23 October 2022 . Russia-Ukraine war live: Russian defence minister holds calls with foreign counterparts; Kyiv sees scheduled power cuts . The Guardian . 23 October 2022.
  27. News: Tyshchenko . Kateryna . 23 October 2022 . Російський пропагандист пропонує вбивати українських дітей, Кулеба закликав заборонити RT [Russian propagandist suggests killing Ukrainian children, Kuleba calls to ban RT] ]. uk . Ukrainska Pravda . 23 October 2022.
  28. News: RT "останавливает сотрудничество" с Красовским из-за призыва топить детей. Радио Свобода. 24 October 2022.
  29. JuliaDavisNews. 1584054018145685504. Davis. Julia. 2022-10-23. 2022-11-23. Meanwhile on Russia's state-funded RT, director of broadcasting Anton Krasovsky suggests drowning or burning Ukrainian children, makes hideous comments about the rapes by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, says Ukraine should not exist and Ukrainians who resist Russia should be shot..
  30. News: Телеканал RT остановил сотрудничество с Антоном Красовским из-за его призыва "топить" детей в Украине. Он ответил: "Бывает так: сидишь в эфире, тебя несет" . 2012-10-24. 2022-10-24 . . ru. The RT channel stopped cooperation with Anton Krasovsky because of his call to "drown" children in Ukraine. He replied: "It happens like this: you sit on the air, you are carried". Simonyan. Margarita.
  31. News: "Я дурак, смешал добро со злом и облажался, скурвился". Антон Красовский — о своем призыве убивать украинских детей . 2022-10-24 . . ru. 2022-10-24. "I'm a fool, mixed good with evil and screwed up, screwed up." Anton Krasovsky on his call to kill Ukrainian children.
  32. Web site: Ксения Соколова. Антон Красовский: Я гей, и я такой же человек, как президент Путин . 2022-10-24 . snob.ru . ru . 24 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210424051612/https://snob.ru/selected/entry/57187/ . dead .
  33. Web site: Журналист Антон Красовский рассказал о своем положительном ВИЧ-статусе. ru. Izvestia. 2017-12-05. 2017-12-05.
  34. Web site: ЕС ввел санкции против 26 россиян, включая Дмитрия Пескова. TASS. 28 February 2022.
  35. Web site: CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK . 16 April 2023.

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