Soltayev's statements about Baimuradova's death have sparked disbelief online.

Voice messages in which Aishat Baimuradova, who allegedly fled Chechnya, recounts a conflict with human rights activists were published on his Telegram channel by the Chechen Human Rights Commissioner. Commentators have called his account absurd, suggesting the audio was falsified.

According to "Caucasian Knot," 23-year-old Aishat Baimuradova, a native of Chechnya who fled domestic violence to Armenia with the help of human rights activists, failed to return from a walk on October 15 when she went to meet a friend. On October 17, police issued a search warrant for Baimuradova, and on October 19, Aishat was found dead in a rented apartment on Demirchyan Street in Yerevan. The girl became the victim of a so-called "honor killing," human rights activists have suggested. Some social media users have suggested that relatives are involved in the death of Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova, while their opponents have not ruled out suicide or a political hit. Baimuradova publicly criticized Kadyrov's regime, the human rights activist said. A representative of the Chechen authorities, the republic's human rights ombudsman, Mansur Soltayev accused those who helped her leave Russia of involvement in Ayshat Baimuradova's death.

Chechnya's Human Rights Commissioner, Mansur Soltayev, published videos on his Telegram channel for two days in a row, claiming to implicate human rights activists in Aishat Baimuradova's death.

"We have her correspondence, appeals, and complaints, which state that certain human rights activists and crisis centers deceived her, stole her funds, and have yet to return them. Instead of assistance, Aishat faced threats and blackmail. As a result, she was left without support or means of subsistence," Soltayev stated on October 24.

He also published a similar message with accusations against human rights organizations. October 25. "A lot of people, using fake accounts, wrote to me and said that the audio I published yesterday was pieced together and lacked specifics about what she was saying about human rights activists or crisis centers," Soltayev said, playing another audio recording, which he claimed was from Baimuradova and her friend.

A reader of the "Caucasian Knot" drew attention to Soltayev's statements. "It turns out that some 'pseudo-human rights activists' (as Soltayev puts it) tricked Baimuradova into fleeing domestic violence, then 'seized her assets,' and then killed her. In such cases, in Chechnya they usually say, 'Hello! Zakan-yurt!' because it is in this village that the republic's famous hospital for the mentally ill is located," he wrote, noting that "the absurdity is gaining momentum."

Soltayev's statements were commented on by Lena Patyaeva, who is seeking an investigation into the disappearance of her friend Seda Suleimanova.

"Unfortunately, I don't speak Chechen, so it is very difficult for me to assess what kind of conflict, and with whom, is being discussed in these voice messages. However, Regardless of who Aishat had a conflict with, I'm concerned about another question, Mansur Mussayevich: how, exactly, did you end up with these recordings? We all know that Aishat was a fearless woman and a fighter, and we all know who she wasn't afraid to criticize publicly and in her own name—the Chechen authorities. However, she never spoke publicly about any conflict with any human rights activists (which suggests that even if she did have a conflict with anyone, she didn't want to make it public). So how, excuse me, did you get these recordings? Of course, you could easily hide behind "our sources" or "they were sent to us." But do you know, among other things, who might have access to Aishat's voicemails? Well, for example, her killers and those associated with them," she wrote in the Telegram channel "Where is Seda," which has 4,637 subscribers.

The post has garnered 11 comments.

"Can this smart guy visit Seda again? Well, to show how bad human rights activists are and how good her relatives are?" Roman wrote.

"Why don't they just as easily show the voicemails that talk about her relatives' tyranny?" Black Power asked.

User Sultan posted a fragment of Soltayev's video message, in which he shows voicemails on his phone screen. "This screen recording is pre-edited, as you can see that some seconds have been cut out. In Chechen, cutting out just one second is enough to change the entire meaning of a sentence," he asserts.

Soltayev's statement received three comments on the "Grozny-Inform" Telegram channel, which has 10,585 subscribers.

"So you could have falsified these audio messages yourself and made them say what suits you," commented a user using ellipsis as a nickname.

As a reminder, Mansur Soltayev was appointed Human Rights Commissioner in Chechnya in December 2021. During this time, he has repeatedly denied human rights violations by the Chechen authorities. For example, he stated that Chechen security forces acted within the law when detaining Zarema Musayeva. In response to the comments of the UN Human Rights Committee, Soltayev stated that the identified human rights problems were artificially created and that there are no human rights violations in the republic. Soltayev called the beating of journalist Elena Milashina and lawyer Alexander Nemov in Chechnya a provocation aimed at discrediting the republic's authorities.