The investigation has not responded to reports of Suleimanova's murder

Lena Patyaeva had previously informed investigators about the possibility of burying Seda Suleimanova in Alkhan-Yurt, but there was no noticeable reaction.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, two years after security forces took Seda Suleimanova to Chechnya, Lena Patyaeva went on a picket in St. Petersburg demanding that her friend's killers be punished. According to sources, Suleimanova was killed and buried in Alkhan-Yurt back in November 2023, human rights activists reported. Sources also stated that the order was given personally by State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov, but the veracity of these reports was questionable. Patyaeva was detained, but a few hours later, security forces released her from the station.

Seda Suleimanova's friend Lena Patyaeva reported today that she has already passed on information to the Investigative Committee about the possible location of her burial. "This information has been known privately for quite some time, and I have long since passed it on to the Investigative Committee (I have not received any noticeable reaction to this information). Investigative Committee SOS received messages from several independent sources (non-anonymous, but naturally they cannot name them publicly), which reported that an honor killing had been committed. I also received messages with similar information, but in my case these were completely anonymous sources, and I have no way of verifying them. Most of the messages we received say that Seda was killed," she wrote on the Telegram channel "Where is Seda."

According to her, only a few sources stated that the murder was committed in November 2023 (that is, three months after Seda's abduction), and that the burial site was either a cemetery in Alkhan-Yurt, or simply on the outskirts of Alkhan-Yurt, and in any case, in an unmarked grave. "But no one, no one named a specific point. Look at the map, Alkhan-Yurt is a large territory, there are two cemeteries, and the "outskirts of the village" is a generally elastic concept. If there was at least something specific, there would be a chance to check it. But neither I, nor human rights activists, nor journalists, nor anyone else can come and dig up the entire Alkhan-Yurt and its surroundings. With one exception: this work could be carried out by the investigation. But the investigation is inactive," Patyaeva said.

On April 16, the "Crisis Group Investigative Committee SOS"* announced a campaign to send appeals to the Investigative Committee of Russia demanding that it take control of the investigation into the disappearance of Seda Suleimanova. By June 13, more than 4,000 online appeals had been sent to the Chairman of the Investigative Committee calling for the investigation to be taken under control. By July 21, the Investigative Committee had redirected several such requests to Chechnya and ignored most of the requests, so the "SOS Investigative Committee Crisis Group"* announced an "additional campaign" of requests to the Investigative Committee. By July 29, 330 people had sent repeated requests to the Investigative Committee of Russia demanding that it take control of the investigation. Investigators suggested that Seda Suleimanova's friend Lena Patyaeva, who is leading a campaign demanding an investigation into her disappearance, take a polygraph test in Chechnya.

Recall that in April-May, Seda Suleimanova's support group collected signatures demanding that the presidential administration ensure an effective investigation. The campaign covered more than 20 cities. On May 13, activists submitted more than 5,000 signatures on signature sheets and 2,000 electronic signatures under the appeal to the presidential administration. The presidential administration forwarded the appeal to the Prosecutor General's Office and the Investigative Committee.

On May 5, information about the abduction of Seda Suleimanova was sent to the UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances. This will bring Suleimanova's case to the international level, the analysis and recommendations of the UN group will serve as a reminder to the Russian authorities, human rights activists explained.

On June 16, 2025, it became known that the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs had declared Suleimanova wanted. This indicates rather an imitation of activity, since when a criminal case is initiated, all active actions to search for the missing person are carried out at the discretion of the Investigative Committee investigator, human rights activists pointed out. It is noteworthy that the police officers who detained Patyaeva after the March picket in Grozny, called Suleimanova's fate a "family matter".