DISINFO: Nobody arrested or killed gays in the region of Chechnya...

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DISINFO: Nobody arrested or killed gays in the region of Chechnya...

SUMMARY

Nobody arrested or killed gays in the region of Chechnya in Russia; the whole thing is a special operation conducted by Western forces using gay men as a political tool.

RESPONSE

No evidence given for this conspiracy theory. According to Russian independent media and international human rights organizations, by May 2017, over a hundred men suspected of being gay have been abducted, tortured and some even killed in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya bit.ly/2oWQnmG, .

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