The General Prosecutor's Office of Abkhazia has taken up the case of the murder of a Russian woman.
The criminal case of the intentional murder of Russian citizen Aminа Bikbova has been transferred from the prosecutor's office of the Gagra district to the investigative department of the General Prosecutor's Office of Abkhazia.
As reported by "Caucasian Knot", the administration of the Gagra district promised assistance and support to the relatives of the murdered resident of the Orenburg region, Aminа Bikbova. The girl's body was sent to Russia.
On September 27, it became known that a resident of Abkhazia, Edgar Abukhba, was detained on suspicion of murdering 26-year-old tourist Aminа Bikbova from the Orenburg region, who had not been in contact with her relatives for three days. According to the investigation, Abukhba confessed to the murder of the girl. On September 29, the court sent him to pre-trial detention. The murder of 26-year-old Orenburg resident Aminа Bikbova fits into the trend of attacks on tourists in Abkhazia that have occurred in recent months. Residents of the republic, commenting on this incident on social media, criticized the early release of the suspect in the murder, Edgar Abukhba, who had previously been convicted for attempting to attack another tourist. They also expressed concern that attacks on vacationers could reduce the flow of tourists to the republic.
By the order of the General Prosecutor of the Republic of Abkhazia, Agrba, the criminal case regarding the intentional murder of Russian citizen Aminа Bikbova has been withdrawn from the prosecutor's office of the Gagra district and transferred to the investigative department of the General Prosecutor's Office of Abkhazia for further investigation, the press service of the supervisory authority reported today on its Telegram channel.
According to the investigation, on September 23, around midnight, Edgar Abukhba, while at house No. 7 on Armenian Street in the village of Psakhara in the Gagra district, killed Aminа Bikbova during the consumption of alcoholic beverages. On September 27, the suspect Abukhba was detained by the preliminary investigation authority, and on September 29, 2026, the Gagra district court chose a measure of restraint in the form of detention.
On October 2, the suspect was charged with intentional murder. The investigation of the criminal case is under the personal control of the General Prosecutor of the Republic of Abkhazia, the supervisory authority clarifies.
"Caucasian Knot" also reported that conflicts involving tourists regularly occur in Abkhazia. For example, on August 2, a resident of Cherkessk who came for vacation was attacked in Sukhum and was hospitalized with a concussion and other injuries. On June 9, residents of Abkhazia demanded a response from the authorities regarding a tourist from Sochi appearing in Gagra wearing a hat with the image of the Georgian flag. On August 26, a conflict occurred between tourists and local residents at Lake Ritsa. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Abkhazia, two tourists sustained soft tissue injuries and a concussion; three residents of Abkhazia were taken to the police station.