20:46, 12 November 2026

The investigation did not provide answers a year after Aaliya Ozdamirova's funeral.

Chechen Aaliya Ozdamirova fled the republic in October 2025 and went to Georgia. In November, she was deceitfully or forcibly taken to Russia, and on November 12, it became known that the girl had been buried. An investigation by the Prosecutor General's Office of Georgia established that the girl's brothers crossed the border between the countries on the days she was taken to Russia.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", in February 2026, human rights activists demanded that the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia initiate an investigation regarding the forced removal of Aaliya Ozdamirova from Georgia to Russia and her subsequent death in Chechnya. The agency began an investigation.

In November 2025, when Aaliya was in Georgia, she was informed that a criminal case had been opened against her for "financing terrorism," and now she would not be able to leave Georgia. On November 8, the girl was supposed to fly from Tbilisi with a transfer to a safe country, but an uncle from Baku, with whom Aaliya was in contact, persuaded her to postpone her departure. On the day of departure, Aaliya was met at Tbilisi airport by that same uncle from Baku, who promised to smuggle her to Dubai the next day. Human rights activists warned Aaliya that this was likely a trap, but the girl stated that she trusted her uncle and that he had always been on her side.

A year has passed since Aaliya Ozdamirova's death and burial, but those involved in her death have not been named, noted the human rights organization .

Aaliya came from an influential family. Her father, Usman Ozdamirov, was an associate of Ramzan Kadyrov and the head of the Gudermes district. He died in 2020, after which Aaliya's position in the family worsened: no one could protect her from her brothers anymore. Ozdamirova had been in contact with human rights activists since 2023, but decided to flee only in 2025 when the situation in the family escalated: her brothers threatened to deal with Aaliya because of her orientation. On October 20, human rights activists helped her leave Chechnya. Thus, Aaliya ended up in Georgia, from where, according to the original plan, she was supposed to go to a safer country.

It is known that on November 9, 2025, Ozdamirova crossed the land border between Georgia and Russia. And already on November 12, 2025, her funeral took place in Chechnya.

The Georgian side accepted the statement, and an additional investigation is still being conducted, during which it was established that Aaliya's brothers crossed the border into Georgia on the days of her abduction.

"We continue to seek an investigation into her death: even if it is impossible to punish the criminals, we want their names and involvement in Aaliya's death to be established," human rights activists state.

Women whose behavior relatives consider a disgrace to the family can become victims of "honor killings" in the Caucasus. These murders are committed by relatives themselves, most often by a father or brother, according to the report "Caucasian Knot" "Honor Killings in the North Caucasus".

The problem of domestic violence in Chechnya, Ingushetia, and Dagestan affects women of different ages, but mainly young women under 30 try to escape from it, noted human rights activists from the Ad Rem team in 2023. The problem of evacuating victims of domestic violence is most acute in these regions, as local authorities and law enforcement often side with family aggressors. For victims of domestic violence, fleeing often becomes the only option to save their lives. At the same time, women fleeing from the Caucasus abroad find themselves in a vulnerable position 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.

Translated automatically via OpenAI from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/428282