PACE Keeps Chechen Dissident on Advisory Panel After LGBTQ+ and ‘Honor Killing’ Comments

Ruslan Kutayev stirred controversy last month when he said that he had “no desire to look into” the issue of women and LGBTQ+ people fleeing violence in Chechnya.

Ruslan Kutayev stirred controversy last month when he said that he had “no desire to look into” the issue of women and LGBTQ+ people fleeing violence in Chechnya.

Ruslan Kutayev stirred controversy last month when he said that he had “no desire to look into” the issue of women and LGBTQ+ people fleeing violence in Chechnya.