The video is called “chechclear” and it is considered one of the most mysterious and disturbing pieces of early-internet lost media associated with the Chechen war of the 1990s. It became infamous as one of the earliest ex*cution recordings to circulate online and is remembered for the extreme brutality implied within its surviving fragment. The exact date, location, identities of the perpetrators and the victim remain unknown. Only a heavily edited 15-second segment is confirmed to exist today.