A popular Chechen singer long believed to have been killed as part of a “gay purge” in the Russian republic was tortured and executed on Ramzan Kadyrov’s orders.
in the Russian republic was tortured and executed on Ramzan Kadyrov’s orders after the strongman leader became “personally insulted” by his sexuality, according to a new report.
But Chechen officials claimed he had fled to Europe, while Kadyrov, sometimes called “Putin’s soldier” for his flamboyant defense of the president, suggested Bakaev had been killed off by family members who were “ashamed” of his sexuality., a human rights organization helping the LGBTIQ+ community in the North Caucasus, reports that Bakaev was tailed by Chechen security services tasked with determining whether or not he was gay.
Bakaev’s disappearance and presumed murder sparked widespread international attention and calls for Russia to get to the bottom of what happened to him, and following mounting pressure, Chechen state television touted two clearly staged YouTubeA few months later, in January 2018, Kadyrov publicly went on ain which he appeared to confirm Bakaev was dead and offered up a detailed description of his murder—while claiming it had been carried out by the singer’s own family.
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