Igor Kochetkov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Russian writer and human rights activist
Date of Birth: 13-May-1970
Place of Birth: Pärnu, Pärnu County, Estonia
Profession: writer, human rights activist, LGBT rights activist
Nationality: Russia
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
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About Igor Kochetkov
- Igor Victorovich 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.In September 2013, Kochetkov along with other Russian human rights activists met with US President Barack Obama in St.
- 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-sponsered homophobia".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.
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