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Who killed young Chechen woman who fled Russia for a life of freedom?

Tuan Hung Ngo Nov 23, 2025, 10:06 AM

When 23-year-old Aishat Baimuradova fled her home earlier this year, she believed she finally had a chance to live the way she wanted. Coming from Chechnya, a conservative Muslim republic in Russia, she cut her hair short, stopped covering her head, shaved off part of her eyebrow and posted quirky selfies on Instagram. She told her new friends she could finally breathe. In October, Aishat was found dead in a rented flat in neighbouring Armenia. Police say she was murdered. Two people were seen leaving the building where she was found, including a woman Aishat had befriended not long before her death. Both reportedly left for Russia soon afterwards. Russians do not need a passport to enter Armenia; their internal ID is enough. That also makes it an easy route for anyone trying to flee. Chechnya, in Russia's North Caucasus, is often described by rights groups as a state within a state - a place where power is highly personalised and loyalty to long-standing leader Ramzan Kadyrov often over-rides laws and formal institutions. For years, human rights organisations have documented enforced disappearances, torture and extrajudicial killings in the republic, as well as systematic persecution of those who dissent. Chechen officials have consistently denied these allegations, complaining of fabrications aimed at discrediting the region.

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Hung Truong Huu Nov 23, 2025, 9:29 AM

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Tuan Hung Ngo Nov 22, 2025, 6:02 PM

Greene abruptly announced her resignation from Congress amid a feud with President Donald Trump.

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In a world flooded with trends like extreme carb-cutting, crash diets and weight-loss pills, many people struggle to lose weight...

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Superman copy found in mum's attic is most valuable comic ever at $9.12m

lin yan Nov 22, 2025, 11:33 AM

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a new record after Man of Steel comic found in a California home...