Baimuradova's friend is seeking the release of her body for burial.

Three months after her death, the body of Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova remains in the morgue; Armenian authorities are not releasing it to her boyfriend. He said he identified Ayshat literally by the color of her manicure, because "there was nothing else to identify."

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," 23-year-old Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova was found dead in a rented apartment in Yerevan on October 19. She fled to Armenia from domestic violence, but publicly criticized Kadyrov's regime. Karina Iminova, who had summoned Ayshat to a meeting, and 30-year-old Chechen native Said-Khamzat Baisarov were seen near the house where Baimuradova's body was found. The official cause of Ayshat's death has not been announced, but a source close to the investigation suggested she was poisoned. Baimuradova, found dead in Yerevan, suffered a long and painful death, and her killers waited for her to die, David Isteyev, director of the SK SOS* Crisis Group, said on December 8. The investigation into the body of Ayshat Baimuradova, a native of Chechnya who was murdered in Yerevan, has been completed, but human rights activists have not received the final results of the examination. A request has been sent to Russia regarding her burial, but no one has yet been found willing to take Baimuradova's body back home.

Three months have passed since Ayshat Baimuradova's murder. She has still not been buried; her body is in the morgue. Armenia is refusing to hand over the body to the girl's partner, the SK SOS* Crisis Group reported today.

Ayshat's partner, Nikita (name changed for security reasons), was the first to contact the police when she went missing on October 15, 2025. He also identified her body. He said the body was in such a state that they had to identify it literally by the color of her nails and earrings. "I already identified her, roughly speaking, by the color of her nails, by her manicure. Because there was nothing else to identify her. Well, and by the earring," he is quoted as saying in the publication.

They had been roommates in a rented apartment for about a month and a half, and their relationship had only begun two weeks before the girl's murder.

Nikita is now trying to obtain the right to bury Aishat. But according to Armenian law, only the next of kin can dispose of the body, the statement said.

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