'yeah, let's just try to get along with russia, what's so bad about russia?'
“Some of the men have forcibly disappeared. Others were returned to their families barely alive from beatings. At least three men apparently have died since this brutal campaign began.”She added: “These days, very few people in Chechnya dare speak to human rights monitors or journalists even anonymously because the climate of fear is overwhelming and people have been largely intimidated into silence.“Filing an official complaint against local security officials is extremely dangerous, as retaliation by local authorities is practically inevitable.“It is difficult to overstate just how vulnerable LGBT people are in Chechnya, where family values is intense and rampant. LGBT people are in danger not only of persecution by the authorities but also of falling victim to ‘honour killings’ by their own relatives for tarnishing family honour.”
Yeah Russia hates gay people, let's start ww3
meanwhile russia only bans gay expression and the whole world loses its stuff
the difference is russia is a modern, civil, industrialized country and chechnya is a tiny separatist region
isn't chechnya an islamic backwater living in the ruins of their cities wiped out after their civil war with russia back in the 90s/00s
"The economic situation in Chechnya has improved considerably since 2000. According to the New York Times, major efforts to rebuild Grozny have been made, and improvements in the political situation have led some officials to consider setting up a tourism industry"
what about islam though
Well then you get article in the OP
A tiny separatist nation inside a modern, civil, industrialized country.
