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A Russian man accused of organising ‘LGBTQ+ travel tours’ has been found dead in a cell of a pre-trial detention centre in Moscow.
(Photo by Igor Russak/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)] Kotov, who denied wrongdoing, had been held at Vodnik since December 2 and faced eight years in prison.
But the travel agent was found dead this morning, his lawyer confirmed to the Russian legal aid group OVD-Info.
Several dozens of people came to Field of Mars in St. Petersburg for participation in VIII St. Petersburg LGBT Pride.
