We accept this was wrong and apologise. In fact, having spoken at a conference in Madrid in 2013, Mr Harris-Quinney was invited to Russia by a United States organisation called the 'World Congress of Families' (WCF) that promotes Christian values and marriage.
The WCF are not involved or concerned with Anglo-Russian relations.
The purpose of the trip to the United States was to contribute to a forum on the topic of christian values at Christ the Savior Cathedral.
At that event Mr Harris-Quinney did not speak in favour of "Moscow anti-gay policies". Additionally we have been asked to clarify the Bow Group works with a wide range of governments, international conferences, organisations and publishes articles from a variety of conservative perspectives.
The Bow Group state that it "always acts in the interests of conservatism and Great Britain."