Gay men in the Chechen Republic are being kidnapped and detained in torture camps as part of the government鈥檚 attempt to 鈥減urge鈥 the country of homosexuality.
Chechnya is currently ruled by the wealthy war criminal Ramzan Kadyrov, who has the backing of Russian President Vladimir Putin. But Russia鈥檚 "gay propaganda laws", which criminalise the dissemination of information about LGBTQI issues, are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Chechnya鈥檚 deeply homophobic culture.聽
