Aina Mankieva's father threatened to find his daughter "at any cost."

The father of Aina Mankieva, a native of Ingushetia who fled her family due to domestic violence, intends to bring her home using connections in the security forces and government agencies. He denies his daughter's accusations and claims Aina was "recruited."

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," security forces released Aina Mankieva, a native of Ingushetia who reported domestic violence, after she was held at a Moscow police station. However, she remained a suspect in the criminal case and was wanted. Aina Mankieva was detained on the night of January 15 and spent more than half a day in the station. In addition to police officers, she was questioned by representatives of the Center for Combating Extremism. Manyeva filed a complaint alleging domestic violence, including sexual violence. She requested that she not be handed over to her relatives and that she be provided with state protection. She called her relatives' theft report false. On January 20, it was reported that the Ministry of Internal Affairs had removed Manyeva's profile from its wanted list, but no announcement was made that the theft case against her had been dropped.

Aina Mankieva's father, Hambor, told reporters he would find his daughter "at any cost," citing his connections in law enforcement and government agencies "to the highest levels." According to him, the family has recruited "many people" from various law enforcement agencies to help search for Aina, and all of these people—as well as certain State Duma representatives—are "working" to bring the girl home, the SK SOS* Crisis Group reports in its publication.

“Wait for now,” they say. “They call us often, come here often, take photos, make videos. We’ll see what they’re doing there. They say we’ll find her sooner or later,” Ksenia Sobchak quoted Hambor as saying in a conversation with a journalist from “Ostorozhno Media.”

Mankiyev claims he doesn’t know the reasons for Aina’s escape and didn’t beat his daughter. “We treated her very tenderly, sent her to college after school so she would be educated. We bought her an apartment and renovated it,” the father insists.

According to his version, someone “recruited” the girl with the intention of “destroying the family.” "People like these will destroy many more families (...) Who recruited her, who did this, who trained her—I want to find the perpetrator. Families are destroyed like this. I will find them at any cost; we will not let this go," he stated, in part.

Human rights activists note that Hambor was previously convicted of attempting to sell an adopted two-year-old child, but received only a four-year suspended sentence, although the charge carried a maximum sentence of ten years.

Ayna herself noted that her family belongs to the influential Batalhadzhin clan, and that violence against women—specifically, female genital mutilation and forced incest at the instigation of male relatives—is common among members of this community. "For example, my brother told me that when I get married and my husband is not home, he will come to me," the crisis group quotes Mankieva as saying.

The girl expressed concerns that all members of the community would be involved in the search for her, noting that the Batalhajis "prohibit friendship and contacts outside the vird."

"I think the entire vird will be looking for me, as they have extensive resources and connections, and every man in the vird has an unregistered firearm. The vird also practices strict control and treatment of children, early marriage for girls (from age 13), and rarely allows girls to complete even ninth grade," the human rights group "Marem" quoted Aina as saying.