Chechnya detains people for being gay, renewing purge fears.

Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov has repeatedly denied that any gay people exist in the region (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty)

Several people have reportedly been detained in the Russian region of Chechnya on suspicion of being gay.

The Russian LGBT Network board member Igor Kochetkov, quoted in the Associated Press on January 11, would not say how many people have been…