According to the investigator, the man committed suicide The owner of the travel agency "Men Travel" Andrei Kotov, arrested in the case of organizing tours for gays (Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code), was found dead in a cell in the Moscow pre-trial detention center "Vodnik". This was reported by OVD-Info with reference to the man’s lawyer.

He added that he had heard “nothing but delusional versions” from Russia. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that the AZAL airline plane that crashed in Kazakhstan on December 25 was damaged from outside over Grozny and the tail section was damaged due to open fire from the ground. He demanded that Russia admit guilt and punish those responsible.