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Amid Ukraine War Fallout, Fearful Chechen Women Seek Escape Route

Rights groups report dozens more women fleeing violence amid intensifying repression linked to Chechnya's ultraconservative policies and the Ukraine war.

  • Asil and Aishat, both young women, fled Chechnya seeking safety from violent families amid increasing repression due to the Ukraine War, according to activist reports.
  • Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov supports these conditions for women in Chechnya, where they have few rights and face strict family codes that override written law.
  • Aishat Baimuradova was found dead in Yerevan, Armenia, after escaping Chechnya, and a murder investigation is ongoing with no suspects apprehended.
  • Aishat had publicly criticized Kadyrov's conservative policies affecting women's freedoms before her death, revealing a history of abuse she endured.
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Amid Ukraine war fallout, fearful Chechen women seek escape route

Facing what activists say is a hardening of repression inside Chechnya amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Asil and Aishat, both young women, recently fled their violent families in search of safety.

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