According to a Russian newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, over a 100 gay men between the ages 16 and 50 have been detained in Chechnya, and at least
three of them have been killed by authorities, though it is believed that the number of dead may be more than recorded.
The report follows a week of rumors about gay men mysteriously disappearing off the streets of Russia, the Times reports.
Ramzan Kadyrov, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, denied that such activities ever took place, claiming there are no gay people in the country. (Like that is even possible).
Ramzan Kadyrov being sworn into office after being re-elected for third term.
Anyways, here's what spokesman Alvi Karimov had to say about the issue.
“You cannot arrest or repress people who just don’t exist in the republic".
"If such people existed in Chechnya, law enforcement would not have to worry about them, as their own relatives would have sent them to where they could never return".
The Russian Federation is known for its hostility to the LGBTQ community. Since 2013, it has upheld an anti-gay propaganda law that sharply curtails the public expression of LGBTQ identities.
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