Zelim Bakaev
Birth date
April 23, 1992
Death date
August 8, 2017
Place of birth
Grozny, Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Profession
Acting
Age
25 years

Biography
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.
Also known as
Зелимхан Хусаинович Бакаев

