Russian homophobic vigilantes are using a popular social network to entrap and torture young gay men, an Eastern European LGBT advocacy group is reporting.
The campaign is being led by a Russian extremeist known by the nickname "Cleaver".
The Spectrum Human Rights Alliance said 500 groups have been created on the Russian social network VK.com with the aim of mobilising homophobic vigilantes in every Russian city.
The groups place false same-sex personal advertisements on the website and capture and torture young men who answer them. As seen in the video one alleged 15-year-old boy is laughed at and physically attacked in broad daylight.
The Spectrum Human Rights Alliance claims that video recordings of these activities are freely distributed on the internet in order to make the identities of the victims known to their respective families, friends and schools.
Russian police have taken no action against the movement.
The founder of VK.com is yet to comment.
