Chechen anti-gay purge survivors share their stories while in Iran 30 men have been arrested and accused of being gay. In an April 19 meeting with Vladimir Putin, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov denied reports of an anti-gay purge in the Muslim-majority Russian republic. Russian opposition newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, reported on April 1 that Chechen police and security services started rounding up at least 100 presumed gay and bisexual men in February, starving, torturing and