Social media users supported the call for Armenian authorities to release Baimuradova's body for burial.
Nearly 190 people have signed a petition demanding that the body of Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova be handed over to her friends for burial in Armenia. Social media users have supported this demand.
As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," representatives of the Armenian Ministry of Internal Affairs insist on handing over the body of Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova, who was killed in Yerevan, to her formal relatives to avoid future claims. At the same time, the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, Alen Simonyan, expressed his readiness to assist human rights activists with the legal formalities of organizing the funeral. By February 6, a petition by human rights activists calling for the return of the body of Aishat Baimuradova, a Chechen woman murdered in Yerevan, for burial by her friends had garnered over 180 signatures.
The petition calling for the return of Aishat Baimuradova's body was published on January 23 on the Change.org platform by the human rights organization "Crisis Group SK SOS"*. Human rights activists noted that the girl's partner, who lives in Yerevan, is seeking the right to bury Aishat, but by law, only the next of kin can dispose of the body. The authors of a petition called on the Armenian authorities to hand over the body of the murdered woman to her friends for burial, as the girl's relatives have not expressed a desire to bury her in her homeland.
As of 11:45 p.m. Moscow time today, a petition by human rights activists calling for the handover of Baimuradova's body to her friends for burial has garnered 189 verified signatures on Change.org.
180 people have supported the petition to hand over Baimuradova's body to her friends in two weeks—not that many, commented Caucasian Knot reader theodore. "Apparently, not everyone knows about this case, or they are not interested," he believes.
What complaints can they have if they have been unwilling for several months to pick up and bury a member of their family properly?
He was surprised by the position of the Armenian authorities.
"The strangest thing is that the Armenian authorities stubbornly want to give the body only to the relatives of the murdered woman, supposedly so that they will not have any complaints in the future. What complaints can they have if they have been unwilling for several months to pick up and bury a member of their family properly? <...> What is stopping Baimuradova's family from picking up her body and at least burying her there, on the spot? Nothing. They are simply taking revenge on her for her "What an act. Of course, these people are high-ranking officials, and even relatives of the leader himself, and she portrayed them in such a negative light," the commentator stated.
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.
The latest post about the investigation into Aishat's death on the Instagram** page of the human rights group "Marem," which has 192,000 subscribers, had garnered 16 comments by 11:45 PM Moscow time.
"Why don't the Armenians bury her? There's a Muslim cemetery there, too," user _eliii_d asked.
"It's depressing that they're keeping her body unburied for so long... I wish her long-suffering body and soul could find peace already," user llk_l3_3l_ll commented.
"Caucasian Knot" also reported that the Investigative Committee of Armenia officially confirmed the human rights activists' information on the suspects in Aishat's murder on February 3. For the first time, the agency officially named the defendants in the case, noting that Russia had ignored a request for assistance with the investigation. The Investigative Committee also noted that information about the suspects had been sent to Interpol.
Karina Iminova, who had summoned Aishat to a meeting, and 30-year-old Chechen native Said-Khamzat Baysarov were seen near the house where Baimuradova's body was found. Baymuradova, found dead in Yerevan, suffered a long and painful death, and her killers waited for her to die, David Isteyev, director of the Investigative Committee's SOS Crisis Group*, said on December 8. According to human rights activists, Karina Iminova lied to acquaintances about her past and purposefully met people who had left Chechnya. Although she is not originally from Chechnya, she had visited the republic. Iminova and Baysarov left Armenia for Russia immediately after Baimuradova's murder.
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