On 9 May 2004, when President of the Chechen Republic Akhmad Kadyrov was killed as a result of the Grozny stadium bombing, Kots suffered a concussion.

Together with his colleague Dmitry Steshin, he prepared material for the 20th anniversary of the disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, and lived for several days in the ghost city of Pripyat.

In June 2006, along with other journalists, in Feodosia (Crimea), Kots covered the actions of the local population against NATO and the US–Ukrainian exercises Sea Breeze.

At the same time, he personally actively protested against the presence of NATO troops in Crimea, taking part in the illegal hoisting of the flag of Russia on the roof of the building of the military sanatorium of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine in Yevpatoria.

[8] Subsequently, he revealed that his satellite phone had been used by the commander of the 58th Combined Arms Army, General Anatoly Khrulyov, to aim rocket artillery at Georgian tanks in Khetagurovo.

[11] During the Arab Spring in April 2011, he was captured while covering the war in Libya, together with his colleague Dmitry Steshin and three journalists from the Russian NTV channel.

In April 2016, he was awarded by Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu with the Medal "Participant of the military operation in Syria".

Commenting on the Bucha massacre, Kots denied responsibility of Russian troops and accused the Ukrainian side of staging all the events.