A gay man who was briefly arrested in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Dagestan in June has described how he was offered money to help the police to entrap other gay men in the region, SOS Crisis Group, a local LGBTQ+ non-profit, said on Monday. The man, who asked to be referred to by the pseudonym Yusuf when he spoke to SOS Crisis Group, was detained and taken to a police station on the night of 5 June, after his contact details were found on the phone of another man detained at the home of Matvey Volodin, who produces adult content as USSRBoy. Yusuf said he had never heard of USSRBoy and never followed him on social media. According to Yusuf, at the police station he was offered money to “work” with the police, contacting other gay men on social media and inviting them over to his house, where they would be detained. He said his release had been conditional on him agreeing to the deal on camera.