RIA Novosti analysts presented an estimate of consumer demand in Russia for 2025. The figures were calculated by combining retail turnover, food service turnover, and the volume of paid services.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with North Ossetia Head Sergei Menyailo in the Kremlin. The main topic of discussion was the republic's socioeconomic progress.

Ingushetia leads the North Caucasus Federal District in housing affordability. According to Rosstat data for the fourth quarter of 2025, the average price per square meter in the republic was only 60,000 rubles on the new-build market and 61,000 rubles on the resale market.

A CIAN study found that Ingushetia, Dagestan, and Tuva top the list of Russian regions for mortgage delinquency. In 2025, the average delinquency rate nationwide doubled, reaching 1% (compared to 0.5% the year before), while the total debt rose to 206 billion rubles (from 95 billion).

Regions of the North Caucasus Federal District (NCFD) ranked last among Russian regions by bank deposit size per capita.

According to the Unified Interdepartmental Information and Statistical System (EISIS), the average monthly wage in Ingushetia, Dagestan, and Chechnya does not exceed 50,000 rubles. This figure is significantly lower than in leading regions such as the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (209,000 rubles), Magadan Oblast (179,000), Moscow (173,000), Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (168,000), and Kamchatka Krai (164,000).

Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, the head of Ingushetia, expressed concern about the low level of utility bill payments by residents. According to him, payments for electricity account for only 63%, while for gas and water, they are around 45%.

According to a RIA Novosti study, gasoline availability varies greatly across Russian regions. Moscow, Chukotka, and Yamal lead in the amount of fuel available for the average monthly salary, with the figure exceeding 2,000 liters of AI-92.

According to statistics, in the first ten months of 2025, Ingushetia had one of the lowest wages in Russia—42,800 rubles. Furthermore, according to Rosstat, more than a quarter of Ingushetia's population (25.6%) lived below the poverty line in 2023-2024, making the region the leader in this indicator.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan justified the payment of large New Year bonuses to officials by citing the need to improve government efficiency and the attractiveness of public service. He stated that this is part of the government's anti-corruption strategy.