12:09, 27 March 2026

Ayshat Baimuradova was buried in Yerevan.

Ayshat Baymuradova was buried in Yerevan on March 27, 2026. Photo: https://t.me/svobodapodcast/1166

A native of Chechnya, Ayshat Baimuradova, was buried in Yerevan five months after her murder. About 30 people came to say their farewells.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," the funeral of murdered Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova was scheduled for March 27 in Yerevan. Investigative authorities took charge of the funeral arrangements, and Armenian authorities promised to allow everyone to pay their respects to Ayshat. Her burial will be funded by the state. The coffin containing the body of Ayshat Baimuradova, a native of Chechnya who was murdered in Yerevan, was immediately loaded into a hearse at the morgue, with those gathered invited to say their farewells at the cemetery.

A petition calling for the release of Ayshat Baimuradova's body was published on January 23 on the Change.org platform by the human rights organization "Crisis Group SK SOS"*. The human rights activists noted that the girl's partner, who lives in Yerevan, is seeking the right to bury Ayshat, but by law, only the next of kin can dispose of the body. Representatives of the Armenian Ministry of Internal Affairs insisted on the release of Baimuradova's body to her formal relatives to avoid any future claims. A petition calling for Baimuradova's body to be returned to her friends and human rights activists for burial has garnered 318 signatures.

Aishat Baimuradova, a Chechen woman murdered in Yerevan, was buried at the Nubarashen Cemetery.

At 10:30 a.m. local time, about 30 people wishing to pay their respects gathered at the Heratsi Hospital morgue, but the coffin was immediately taken to the Nubarashen Cemetery. Those gathered also went to the cemetery to say goodbye to Aishat, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reported. Aishat is buried in the new section of the cemetery, according to the "Freedom (Not) Around the Mountains" Telegram channel, denying reports that her grave is located in a burial site for unclaimed bodies. "There is no separate section for unclaimed [bodies], it's just a new part of the cemetery," the source was quoted as saying.

23-year-old Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova was found dead on October 19, 2025, in a rented apartment in Yerevan. She fled to Armenia to escape domestic violence, but publicly criticized Kadyrov's regime. Human rights activists have not received the final results of the autopsy on Baimuradova's body. A request was sent to Russia regarding her burial, but no one was found willing to take Baimuradova's body home within three months.

Baimuradova told human rights activists that she fled "from beatings." According to her, she was forced to leave her home due to violence from her husband, and she could not return to her parents' home because she feared facing violence from her father. After leaving Russia, she came to Armenia.

Aishat Baimuradova's relatives live in the Gudermes district, and many of them, like the murdered woman's ex-husband, have ties to the security forces, wrote Caucasian Knot reader nerissa in a comment on January 30. "One of the reasons for the murder, as some observers believe, could have been that the girl not only led a lifestyle considered 'wrong' by her family, but also [...] dared to threaten her father by publicizing certain facts of his [behavior] and openly criticized the Chechen authorities. Thus, in addition to everything else, her murder can also be seen as a demonstration of her relatives' loyalty to the republic's leadership," the reader noted.

Karina Iminova, whom Aishat had met before her death, and 30-year-old Chechen native Said-Khamzat Baysarov were seen near the house where Baimuradova's body was found. According to human rights activists, Karina Iminova lied to acquaintances about her past and purposefully met people who had left Chechnya. Although she herself is not a native of Chechnya, she had visited the republic. Iminova and Baysarov left Armenia for Russia immediately after Baimuradova's murder.

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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/421948