15 Facts About Anton Krasovsky

Anton Vyacheslavovich Krasovsky is a Russian television presenter, journalist and activist.

Anton Krasovsky 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.

In 2011 Anton Krasovsky participated in the presidential campaign of Mikhail Prokhorov.

Anton Krasovsky worked as a journalist and editor at the pro-Kremlin NTV channel.

Anton Krasovsky later began work at another pro-Kremlin channel, Kontr TV, started by himself and Sergey Minaev in December 2012.

Anton Krasovsky's face was censored from the show website and removed from the TV show's archives.

Anton Krasovsky stated that he came out because he had had enough of feeling like a hypocrite.

Anton Krasovsky spoke out in August 2013 against the boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia that some gay rights activists proposed.

Since 2021 Krasovsky has presented a program on Russia Today called The Antonyms.

In October 2022, Anton Krasovsky, who is openly gay, supported the approval of a law banning "LGBT propaganda" in Russia.

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

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

In late October 2022, during a broadcast, Anton 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.

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

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