Russian Pop Star Zelimkhan Bakaev, Tortured and Killed In Chechnya Anti-Gay Roundup

[n2doc]

Sources are reporting that Russian singer Zelimkhan Bakaev was arrested, tortured, and murdered by by Chechen authorities due to suspicion of homosexuality.”

Bakaev was last seen on August 8 in Grozny, where he had come from Moscow for his sister’s wedding

Bakaev’s Instagram account has mysteriously been deleted, but a small Twitter account in his name remains active, offering no recent updates. Earlier this week, Igor Kocketkovof the Russian LGBT Network made a statement to the media that touched on the disappearance, saying:

“At the end of August, we received confirmation of our earlier presumption that [Bakaev] was detained by Chechen authorities due to suspicion of homosexuality.”

A source close to activists in the region have stated that Bakaev, 26, was tortured to death. “He arrived in Grozny and was picked up by police within three hours,” they claimed. “Within ten hours he was murdered.”

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[DetlefK]

1. Don't worry. A few months ago Russia started a comission to find out whether this is real.

The russian government is working on it.
Don't worry.
It will soon publish a report whether the violent madman whom Putin cannot afford to alienate is behaving in a way that will make Russia look really, really, really bad internationally.

[shenmue]

2. :(

[Irish_Dem]

3. This makes me sick. Why are humans so cruel to each other?

For manufactured reasons.

[irisblue]

4. How they hate the LGBTQ community

[Odoreida]

5. So the allegedly moderate Muslims are cooperating with the Russian Orthodox church.

Chechnya is a "federal subject" of the Russian Federation, which means it's only sort of independent.

I'm seeing this as a trial balloon for Russia proper.

[irisblue]

6. seems likely. nt