Russia: no evidence of cheating Chechnya

moscow - Moscow wants to rise for human rights, but has no reason to believe in reporting on the persecution of homosexual men in Chechnya. That is what the authorities say in the Russian capital.

Earlier this month, the Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported that there were hundreds of homosexual men in the predominantly Islamic Russian partisan arrested and detained. According to the newspaper, people were also killed. The journalists who brought the story have been given threats since then.

According to Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, there is no evidence that the messages are correct. Chechen leader Kadyrov denied allegations earlier. He claimed there were no gays in the country. 'You can not pick up or prosecute people if they do not exist in our republic,' said spokesman Alvi Karimov against press agency Interfax. 'If such people were to be in Chechnya, that would not take care of the police because their own relatives would have sent them away for a long time to a place where they can never come back. '

The Russian President Putin met Kadyrov last week. The president's spokesman said Monday had no reason to doubt Kadyrov's story 'until there are real allegations. No abstract, anonymous allegations. '

Human rights organizations say it is unlikely that homosexuals in Chechnya will go out of fear of reprisals.