Igor Kochetkov
Illustration — Kochetkov in 2017 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. He has blamed the law for legitimizing and increasing violence against gays.
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Igor Kochetkov
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- 1970 · Pärnu.
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- Soviet Union · Russia
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- writer · lgbtq rights activist · human rights defender
- Education
- Herzen University
- Languages
- Russian
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In September 2013, Kochetkov along with other Russian human rights activists met with US President Barack Obama in Saint Petersburg. 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". Along with Frank Mugisha, Sunil Babu Pant and ILGA, Kochetkov was nominated by Norwegian Labour Parliamentarians Anette Trettebergstuen and Håkon Haugli for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.
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1970
Igor Kochetkov born at Pärnu.
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- 1.Miriam Elder (30 November 2012) Russian parliament to consider federal anti-gay law The Guardian. accessed 23 November 2025
- 2.Alec Luhn (1 September 2013) Russian anti-gay law prompts rise in homophobic violence The Guardian, accessed 23 November 2025
- 3.Liza Dobkina and Matt Spetalnick (6 September 2013) Obama meets Russian activists but avoids criticizing Kremlin Reuters, accessed 23 November 2025
- 4.Alexey Davydov and Igor KochetkovForeign Policy, accessed 1 October 2014.
- 5.Kristian Berg Harpviken Nobel Peace Prize 2014: PRIO Director's Speculations PRIO, accessed 1 October 2014
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The authorities additionally record the heading Igor Viktorovich Kochetkov. His recorded language was Russian. He married Kirill Fedorov. Recorded as writer, lgbtq rights activist and human rights defender.
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