According to a RIA Novosti study, Ingushetia ranked 85th, the last, in the list of Russian regions based on income levels for 2025. Other regions of the North Caucasus Federal District also ranked low: Karachay-Cherkessia ranked 83rd, Chechnya 77th, and North Ossetia 71st. The situation is better in Kabardino-Balkaria (66th) and Dagestan (57th).
The mayor of Novokuznetsk, Sergei Kuznetsov, said in an interview that the city administration is looking for a place to erect a monument to the former USSR Secretary General Joseph Stalin. “There are people whom Stalin offended or destroyed. But overall, he did a lot,” Kuznetsov said.
Previously, journalists counted at least 110 monuments to Stalin in Russia, 95 of which appeared during Putin’s presidency.
Let us recall that due to the fault of Stalin, large-scale political repressions were carried out, the victims of which were millions of innocent citizens. In addition, during the Second World War, many peoples of the USSR were deported: Chechens, Ingush, Kalmyks, Karachais, Balkars, Crimean Tatars and others. A significant part of them died.