A girl who fled Chechnya has disappeared in Armenia.

Aishat Baimuradova, who fled Russia with the help of human rights activists, has disappeared in Armenia and has not been in contact since October 15. Before her disappearance, she met with a friend whose social media following includes people from Kadyrov's circle. The girl's neighbors have contacted the police.

Aishat Baimuradova has been missing for three days. She left Chechnya with the help of a human rights organization that provides assistance to women from the North Caucasus. Aishat's friends, with whom she shares an apartment, reported that she did not return from a walk on the evening of October 15, when she went to meet a friend from Instagram*. It was later discovered that this friend's followers include people from Kadyrov's circle. Aishat's phone is not answering, Daniil Chebykin*, an activist from Omsk who lives in Armenia, reported on his Telegram channel.

He indicated that she may have been returned to her family against her will. "Her neighbors contacted the police and filed a report, but so far there has been no result," he wrote, asking for the post to be reposted.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," Avtorkhanova, a native of Chechnya who fled domestic violence and was found by relatives in Tbilisi, left the police station after giving a statement and answering police questions. The woman had lived and worked in Georgia for several months. However, her relatives threatened her friends and acquaintances and said they would return her to her homeland. On July 15, she stated that she was in a safe place and had no intention of returning to Russia.

In August 2023, Chechen native Seda Suleimanova was detained in St. Petersburg and taken against her will to live with relatives in Chechnya. Since then, no news has been received from her. Her friends and human rights activists believe she was the victim of a so-called "honor killing" and are demanding an investigation. On June 16, it was reported that Suleimanova had been placed on a wanted list, but human rights activists considered the search to be a sham, according to the Caucasian Knot report "The Abduction of Seda Suleimanova".

The problem of domestic violence in Chechnya, Ingushetia, and Dagestan affects women of all ages, but it is primarily young women under 30 who seek to escape it, human rights activists from the Ad Rem team noted in 2023. The problem of evacuating victims of domestic violence is particularly acute in these regions, as authorities and security forces there side with domestic abusers. For victims of domestic violence, escape often becomes the only option to save their lives.

In December 2023, Saida Sirazhudinova, president of the Center for the Study of Global Contemporary and Regional Issues "Caucasus. World. Development," published a report titled "Domestic Violence in the North Caucasus: A Report on the Results of Monitoring the Situation in the Region and an Analysis of Judicial Practice." According to the report, honor killings are the dominant motive for the murder of women in Chechnya.

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