
Calls to remove Chechen activist from PACE after comments in support of honour killings
Ruslan Kutaev remarked that no one has the right to condemn a family over a decision ‘to kill, return home or marry off’ a family member.

Ruslan Kutaev remarked that no one has the right to condemn a family over a decision ‘to kill, return home or marry off’ a family member.

Search notices appeared on the Interior Ministry website six months after Armenia’s request.

The deportation follows the high-profile murder of a Chechen woman in Yerevan.

Aliya Ozdamirova was buried two days after her forced return to Chechnya in November 2025.

Investigators found no evidence of 21-year-old Aina Mankieva’s involvement in the alleged theft she was accused of by her mother

This is the first time any officials have announced details about the suspects in Chechen woman Aishat Baimuradova’s murder.

Alen Simonyan made the statement more than three months after Aishat Baimuradova’s body was found in Yerevan.