A year after the murder of Aishat Baymurodova, the perpetrators have not been found.

A year after the death of Chechen woman Aishat Baymurodova in Armenia, those responsible for her murder have still not been found, and no one has been held accountable, human rights defenders noted.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", on March 27, Aishat Baymurodova, who was killed in October 2025, was buried in Yerevan. The funeral was organized by the investigative authorities, and about 30 people came to say goodbye to Aishat. The funeral was attended mainly by visitors from Russia, but there were also a few local residents. After the funeral, the reasons for her murder and the motives of the relatives who did not participate in the funeral remained unclear, users on Facebook pointed out.

A year ago, Aishat Baymurodova was murdered. The perpetrators of her death have not been punished, writes the project "Caucasus Without a Mother" today.

On October 15, 2025, Aishat Baymurodova, who fled from Chechnya to Armenia, went to meet a friend and did not return home. It is still unknown what exactly happened that night and why Aishat was treated so cruelly.

"We will not stop reminding about Aishat Baymurodova's case until the perpetrators are found and held accountable for the murder," writes another human rights project in its Telegram channel.

The authorities of Chechnya used Baymurodova's murder to intimidate runaways

23-year-old Aishat Baymurodova from Chechnya was found dead on October 19, 2025, in a rented apartment in Yerevan. She was last seen alive on October 15. She fled to Armenia from domestic violence but publicly criticized the Kadyrov regime. Human rights defenders have not received final results of the examination of Baymurodova's body. A request regarding her burial was sent to Russia, but no one came forward to take Baymurodova's body home in three months.

Baymurodova informed human rights defenders that she fled "from beatings". According to the girl, she had to leave home due to violence from her husband, and she could not return to her parents' house because she feared facing violence from her father. After leaving Russia, she arrived in Armenia.

Aishat Baymurodova's relatives live in the Gudermes district, and many of them, like the murdered woman's ex-husband, are connected to the security forces, wrote a reader of "Caucasian Knot" with the nickname nerissa on January 30. "One of the reasons for the murder, as some observers believe, could be that the girl not only led a 'wrong' lifestyle from the perspective of her relatives but also [...] dared to threaten her father with exposing some facts about his [behavior] and openly criticized the Chechen authorities. Thus, in addition to everything else, her murder can also be seen as a demonstration of loyalty of her relatives to the leadership of the republic," the reader pointed out.

After the murder of Aishat Baymurodova in Armenia, the authorities of Chechnya used her murder to intimidate potential runaways from Chechnya and discredit human rights defenders. The actions of the human rights commissioner in Chechnya, Mansur Soltaev, who became the face of this campaign, are aimed at absolving the Chechen authorities of responsibility, human rights defenders believe.

Near the house where Baymurodova's body was found, Karina Iminova, who met with Aishat before her death, and 30-year-old Chechen native Said-Khamzat Baisarov were seen. According to human rights defenders, Karina Iminova lied to acquaintances about her past and deliberately befriended people who had left Chechnya, while she herself is not a native of Chechnya but has been to this republic. Iminova and Baisarov left Armenia for Russia immediately after Baymurodova's murder.

In April 2026, it became known that the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia put Karina Iminova and Said-Khamzat Baisarov on the wanted list, who are suspected of murdering Chechen Aishat Baymurodova. Iminova is also wanted as a missing person. Since then, there has been no information from law enforcement agencies in Russia and Armenia regarding the investigation of Baymurodova's murder and the results of the search.

The Baymurodova case drew the attention of the Armenian authorities to the safety of runaways from the Caucasus

Runaways from the North Caucasus find themselves in a vulnerable position abroad due to strong nostalgia, which forces them to seek contacts with people from the regions of the North Caucasus Federal District and creates the danger of exposing their refuge, human rights defenders pointed out in November 2025.

It should be noted that after the Baymurodova case, the Armenian authorities deported a Russian citizen of Chechen origin. He was detained by the police for threatening to kill his daughter. The deported person was also banned from entering Armenia, which was the result of joint efforts by human rights defenders and security forces.