Petition demanding that Tsilikin's murder be recognized as a hate crime
On September 29, 2016, a petition, initiated by civil activist Natalia Tsimbalova, appeared on change.org, calling on law enforcement agencies to reclassify the case of the murder of St. Petersburg journalist Dmitry Tsilikin as a hate crime against homosexuals. Recall that the journalist was found dead in his apartment on March 31, 2016. On suspicion of inflicting at least 30 stabs on him and stealing a laptop, phone and wallet, 22-year-old student Sergei Kosyrev was detained.