After the demolition of an ancient Chechen mosque in Aktash-Aukh, Dagestan, the situation is approaching a "volcanic eruption" that has been smoldering for decades. The outraged call it blasphemy, a desecration of their shrines and cultural heritage, covered up by many years of administrative support from the state.
Instead of a Chechen mosque - an Avar parking lot

The Supreme Court of Dagestan sentenced a 19-year-old resident of the Karabudakhkent district to correctional labor for six months. On May 11, 2024, he cut down 15 red flags hung on the streets for Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War with a knife and threw them on the ground.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Dagestan has opened a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code (creation of a terrorist group) and Part 3 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (terrorist act) in connection with an attack on police officers.

The Commission on Legislative Activity of the Government of the Russian Federation supported the parliamentary initiative of Chechnya to rename three settlements.

Chechens living in the village of Leninaul in the Kazbekovsky district of Dagestan reported that the authorities were demolishing a mosque built in the 19th century. According to them, a meeting with representatives of the Avar community was held earlier with the mediation of the republic's muftiate. The parties agreed to freeze the demolition.

The Cherkessk City Court sentenced former head of the Stavropol Territory Traffic Police Alexey Safonov to 20 years in a strict regime penal colony. In addition, he was fined 100 million rubles and stripped of his rank of police colonel. The court also confiscated Safonov's property worth 21.8 million rubles.

Over the first four months of 2025, the number of serious and especially serious crimes in Chechnya and Ingushetia increased by 33% and 30%, respectively. The first region recorded 348 such incidents, ranking second in Russia in terms of growth rates.

Law enforcement officers detained a suspect in the kidnapping of a 28-year-old guy in Magas. A petition for his arrest will be sent to the court. His accomplices have also been declared wanted.

On May 9, in Magas, the capital of Ingushetia, a “point for selecting citizens for military service under a contract” was open. Those who wished were offered to become servicemen of the Russian Defense Ministry, the Ingushetia newspaper reported.

The prosecutor's office of the Babayurt district of Dagestan fined the heads of nine villages for violating the procedure for the official use of state symbols. They were found guilty of not ordering the raising of Russian flags on buildings.