1. Zelimkhan Khoussainovich Bakaev was a Chechen singer.
11 Facts About Zelim Bakaev
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Zelim Bakaev disappeared in Chechnya on 8 August 2017, while on a brief visit to the region to attend his sister's wedding.
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Zelim Bakaev is widely believed to have been abducted, tortured, and murdered by the Chechen authorities as part of their systematic persecution of homosexual men.
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Zelim Bakaev was born to Khoussain and Malika Bakaev in Grozny, the capital of the Chechen Republic.
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Zelim Bakaev's repertoire included songs in the Chechen language and in Russian.
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Zelim Bakaev became popular particularly in Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan and eventually in Russia.
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Zelim Bakaev cooperated with the producer Gilany Stadnik and was managed by Leila Vakhayeva.
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In 2017, Bakaev applied for casting in the Russian version of Star Academy called Fabrika Zvyozd in its 10th season.
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On 6 August 2017, Zelim Bakaev travelled to Grozny to attend his sister's wedding.
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Zelim Bakaev had been previously forbidden from any public appearance in Chechnya.
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On 24 September 2017, a suspicious video appeared allegedly taken in Germany with a look-alike claiming to be Zelim Bakaev saying he was now in Germany.