In 2023, the population of the North Caucasus Federal District increased by 24 thousand people compared to 2022. In total, 10.2 million people live in the district.

The State Duma approved amendments to the law on countering extremism. Its stated purpose is to protect religious literature from unjustified bans and prosecutions.

Member of the Human Rights Council Kirill Kabanov called for strengthening the fight against “historical extremism” in the national republics of the Russian Federation.

Chechnya took second place after Moscow among the regions of the Russian Federation in terms of the number of missing people in 2023. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, their number reached 1608 and 2014, respectively. At the same time, Chechnya is nine times smaller than the capital in terms of population.

In 2023, 348 people died as a result of car accidents in Dagestan. The republic took fifth place in this anti-record, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.

In the political talk show “Meeting Place” on NTV, one of the “experts” said that there were never any Kazakhs, Azerbaijanis or Uzbeks, and “Lenin came up with all this in 1918.”

State Duma deputy Mikhail Matveev apologized to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. He posted a video message with his comment on Tuesday, January 23, on his Telegram channel.

The fourth group of refugees from the Gaza Strip has arrived in Ingushetia. It included 32 people, 23 of them were children.

In the Ukrainian Melitopol, controlled by the Russian army, fighters of the Chechen battalion "Akhmat-Vostok" beat up Russian soldiers who asked them for documents at a checkpoint, also threatening to use weapons.

In Tbilisi and Yerevan, emigrants from Russia and local residents held actions against the country's military invasion of Ukraine, as well as against political repression in the Russian Federation.