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Associated Press: Russia – Formal complaint made over gay crackdown in Chechnya

By Associated Press.
This photo shows Maxim Lapunov during a press conference in Moscow on Oct.16.
Photo by AFP

MOSCOW – A Russian man Maxim Lapunov is accusing authorities in Chechnya of jailing and beating him as part of a broad crackdown on gay people.

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