Suspects in Aishat Baimuradova's murder have been declared wanted in Russia.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has placed Karina Iminova and Said-Khamzat Baysarov on the wanted list, suspected of murdering Chechen woman Ayshat Baimuradova. Iminova is also wanted as a missing person.

As reported by the Caucasian Knot, Ayshat Baimuradova, who was killed in October 2025, was buried in Yerevan on March 27. Investigative authorities handled the funeral arrangements, and about 30 people attended. The funeral was attended primarily by visitors from Russia, but there were also a few local residents. After Aishat's funeral, both the reasons for her murder and the motives of her relatives who did not attend the funeral remained unclear, according to Facebook* users.

The profiles of Karina Iminova and Said-Khamzat Baisarov, suspects in the murder of Chechen woman Ayshat Baimuradova, appeared on the Ministry of Internal Affairs website, the human rights organization Crisis Group SK SOS* reported today.

Both are wanted under criminal charges, and Iminova is also missing. Human rights activists believe this may indicate that friends or relatives are also searching for Iminova and have contacted the authorities with a corresponding request. Iminova's records list two nationalities, but for some reason, Baysarov's nationality was omitted.

Armenia announced the two suspects were wanted back in November 2025, and in December, it sent an official notice to Interpol and a request for cooperation to Russia. However, as of February 2026, no response had been received from Russia.

It is unknown when Russia placed Iminova and Baysarov on the wanted list or under what specific article, human rights activists clarified.

23-year-old Chechen native Ayshat Baymuradova was found dead on October 19, 2025, in a rented apartment in Yerevan. She fled to Armenia to escape domestic violence, but publicly criticized Kadyrov's regime. Human rights activists have not received the final results of the autopsy on Baymuradova's body. A request was sent to Russia regarding her burial, but no one was found willing to take Baimuradova's body home within three months.

Baimuradova told human rights activists that she fled "from beatings." According to her, she was forced to leave her home due to violence from her husband, and she could not return to her parents' home because she feared facing violence from her father. After leaving Russia, she came to Armenia.

Aishat Baimuradova's relatives live in the Gudermes district, and many of them, like the murdered woman's ex-husband, have ties to the security forces, wrote Caucasian Knot reader nerissa in a comment on January 30. "One of the reasons for the murder, as some observers believe, could have been that the girl not only led a lifestyle considered 'wrong' by her family, but also [...] dared to threaten her father by publicizing certain facts of his [behavior] and openly criticized the Chechen authorities. Thus, in addition to everything else, her murder can also be seen as a demonstration of her relatives' loyalty to the republic's leadership," the reader noted.

Karina Iminova, whom Aishat had met before her death, and 30-year-old Chechen native Said-Khamzat Baysarov were seen near the house where Baimuradova's body was found. According to human rights activists, Karina Iminova lied to acquaintances about her past and purposefully met people who had left Chechnya. Although she herself is not a native of Chechnya, she had visited the republic. Iminova and Baysarov left Armenia for Russia immediately after Baimuradova's murder.

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