Igor Kochetkov Explained

Igor Viktorovich Kochetkov (born 13 May 1970) is a Russian gay rights activist who heads the Russian LGBT Network.

Kochetkov has been active in the opposition to the 2013 Russian law that bans promotion of homosexuality to minors.[1] He has blamed the law for legitimizing and increasing violence against gays.[2]

In September 2013, Kochetkov along with other Russian human rights activists met with US President Barack Obama in Saint Petersburg.[3]

Along with Alexey Davydov he was named one of the world's 100 top thinkers in 2013 by the magazine Foreign Policy "for fighting Russia's state-sponsored homophobia".[4]

Kochetkov was along with Frank Mugisha, Sunil Babu Pant and ILGA nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian Labour Parliamentarians Anette Trettebergstuen and Håkon Haugli.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Miriam Elder (30 November 2012) Russian parliament to consider federal anti-gay law The Guardian.
  2. Alec Luhn (1 September 2013) Russian anti-gay law prompts rise in homophobic violence The Guardian.
  3. Liza Dobkina and Matt Spetalnick (6 September 2013) Obama meets Russian activists but avoids criticizing Kremlin Reuters.
  4. https://foreignpolicy.com/2013_global_thinkers/public/davydov Alexey Davydov and Igor Kochetkov
  5. Kristian Berg Harpviken Nobel Peace Prize 2014: PRIO Director's Speculations PRIO. Retrieved 1 October 2014

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