ON SITUATION WITH GAYS IN CHECHNYA
At the beginning of April 2017 , the entire world became aware of the massacres and detentions of gays in the Chechen Republic, thanks to the investigation of the news outlet, "Novaya Gazeta." The international community has repeatedly called on the Russian Federation and President Putin himself not only to stop the detention of those alleged to be gay but to also start a federal inquiry into what happened to the men who were detained, tortured, and murdered. The situation in Chechnya has passed all the reasonable limits. On June 10, “Novaya Gazeta” published an incomplete list of men that were murdered in Chechnya. The list contains 27 names, as well as residence addresses. According to some sources, more than 50 people are presumed to have been killed. “Novaya Gazeta” makes no claim that these men were killed because they were accused of being gay, but it goes to show the level of violence in Chechnya and the impunity that allows the perpetrators to go unpunished.