Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, previously holding the position from 1999 until 2008. He was also the Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012.
The Daily Beast.It is a routine practice for Chechen authorities to intimidate and torture dissidents and force apologies. For years, the region has reportedly been rounding up queer people into camps and inflicting practices like electrocutions and beatings; some resulted in death.
These human rights abuses — and the responsive resistance — were chronicled in a recent HBO documentary by David France, Welcome to Chechnya.Kadyrov, an ally of Putin, has denied these horrific acts have taken place, and Putin has failed to act to address them despite international condemnation.
Tepsurkayev's work as a moderator for the channel, called 1ADAT, was filled with posts calling out this brutality and Putin's complicity from Chechens living in Russia.