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Rainbow NewsSuspect in Murder of Journalist Ilya Zimin Considered a Hero in Moldova
4 Apr. 2006
2006/04/04. A Correspondent of the
newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets Svetlana Samodelova visited the native soil of
Moldovan resident Igor Velchev, who is suspected of murdering Broadcast
Journalist Ilya Zimin.
It turns out that Velchev "is practically
considered a national hero and martyr in his hometown."
A local
administration employee in the city of Taraklia, located in southern Moldova,
shared his opinion with Svetlana that the operation to arrest Velchev in Moscow
was just a charade for Moscow and the suspect was actually "given the chance to
leave."
Local residents justify Velchev’s actions, saying that "he
murdered a homosexual." "A Dog deserves a dog’s death," was how Svetlana’s
interviewee expressed his feelings regarding the death of the popular television
journalist and about his homosexuality, which was often splashed across the
tabloids.
"Imagine they get into the pants of your son. If he’s a real
man, what would he do?! Igor is a simple rural boy ... In order for him to lift
a finger against anyone you’d have to get him worked up. I can assume that Igor
just responded to Zimin’s offer to get a drink together. I think Igor is
suffering now because of his own naivety. Why was Zimin found naked? I think
that my son just defended himself. And what happened later developed on the spur
of the moment ... We country folk don’t understand ‘alternative lifestyles ...
," said the father of the suspect in Alexander Velchev’s murder.
Moldova
has retained an exceptionally high level of homophobia. "The Soviet Union always
suffered from homophobia. The Union no longer exists ... but the phobia has
remained..."
In Moldova same-gender sex has not been considered a crime
since 1995. In Chisinau there is a fully functioning LGBT center GenderDok-M and
this year marks the 6th annual Pride Festival, held in the capital. In spite of
this, several times in 2005 Moldovan Gay activists turned to international
organizations to bring to light homophobic statements made by high-ranking
officials, including some from the FSB.
Gay.Ru Translation by Timofey Grishin Foto by Utro.Ru
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