Acting
Zelim Bakaev
EN cinema · 1 credits
Born
23 April 1992
Died
8 August 2017 (aged 25)
Birthplace
Grozny, Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Also known as Зелимхан Хусаинович Бакаев
Zelimkhan Khoussainovich Bakaev (Russian: Зелимхан Хусаинович Бакаев; 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.
