Anton Krasovsky

Anton Vyacheslavovich Krasovsky (Kuznetsov-Krasovsky) (; born 18 July 1975) is a Russian television presenter, journalist and activist. He was a presenter and director of Russian-language broadcasting on the Russian state-controlled broadcaster RT from 2020 until his suspension in October 2022, after comments he made caused a backlash. Previously, he came to prominence for his defense of gay rights in Russia, including his criticism of the Russian gay propaganda law.

Life and career Krasovsky was born on 18 July 1975 in Podolsk. From 1986 to 1989, he lived in the Ukrainian town of Kuznetsovsk (now Varash), where his father worked at the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant. After graduating from school, he studied at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. NTV channel.

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.

In October 2017, he supported the nomination of Ksenia Sobchak as a candidate in the presidential election, and soon became a member of her campaign staff. On 1 March 2018, he left the staff following a conflict with Sobchak.

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. Previously, in 2013, Krasovsky spoke out against such laws and urged gay people to fight for their rights.

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Krasovsky was a prominent supporter and pro-war commentator during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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".

In August 2022, he said that "there should not be any Ukrainians at all" and therefore, that the Ukrainian language should be banned. stating: "To say that I am happy is to say nothing at all. I'm just dancing on the balcony in Russian Army pajamas." In another post on Telegram, Krasovsky stated that the attack was "not enough".

Suspension from RT

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, novelist Sergei Lukyanenko, 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. 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.

That same day, Krasovsky apologized:

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".

Personal life

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

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

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