The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced the thwarting of two bombings near a security agency building in Pyatigorsk. Law enforcement officials claim the two women acted on "instructions from Ukrainian intelligence services, not realizing they would be used as suicide bombers."
In 2023, 35 murders were committed in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic. This is twice as much as in 2022 (14), reports the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
In Chechnya, 20 murders were recorded. At the same time, during 2018-2022. there were no more than 18 of them per year.
In addition, in a number of regions of the North Caucasian Federal District, the number of detected extortion cases has increased. In Ingushetia - 10 crimes in 2023, whereas previously there were no more than 5 per year. The statistics of extortion in North Ossetia (35) and Stavropol Territory (234) turned out to be record high.
The number of registered grave and especially grave crimes in Ingushetia has increased by 27% since the beginning of the SVO. An increase in such crimes also occurred in Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia and North Ossetia.