Zelim Bakaev
1992-04-23THE BIOGRAPHY
Zelimkhan Khoussainovich Bakaev (Russian: ΠΠ΅Π»ΠΈΠΌΡ Π°Π½ Π₯ΡΡΠ°ΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ ΠΠ°ΠΊΠ°Π΅Π²; born 23 April 1992) is a Chechen singer. He disappeared in Chechnya on 8 August 2017, while on a brief visit to the region to attend his sister's wedding. He is widely believed to have been abducted, tortured, and murdered by the Chechen authorities as part of their systematic persecution of homosexual men.
