In 2017, Gamov made a controversial trip to Russia to observe the 2017 Moscow municipal elections,[8] despite being advised not to.
[9] Journalist Chang Frick of the Swedish libertarian newspaper Nyheter Idag accompanied Gamov on the trip.
[10] During their time in Moscow, Frick accused Gamov of getting drunk, calling sex workers to his hotel room and demanding that the host country pay for his bar check.
[9] The subsequent media attention led to calls from within the Sweden Democrats party for Gamov to resign and SD group leader Mattias Karlsson stated there would be an investigation into the incident.
Gamov subsequently quit the party and sat as an independent before losing his seat in the 2018 election.