Zelim Bakaev
- Born
- 23 April 1992 (25 years old)
- Passed away
- 8 August 2017
- Place of birth
- Grozny, Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
- Gender
- Female
Zelimkhan Khoussainovich Bakaev (Russian: Зелимхан Хусаинович Бакаев; born 23 April 1992) is a Chechen singer. He disappeared in Chechnya on 8 August 2017, while on a brief visit to the region to attend his sister's wedding. He is widely believed to have been abducted, tortured, and murdered by the Chechen authorities as part of their systematic persecution of homosexual men.
