All power units of Chechnya were moved to the borders of the republic after a failed meeting between Magomed Daudov and representatives of the Council of Teips of Ingushetia on the Fortanga River. The three-day exercises demonstrate Chechnya's readiness for war against the background of an unstable situation in the world, according to Ramzan Kadyrov.

On November 11, Chechenavtodor carried out earthworks on the bank of the Fortanga River, along which the border with Ingushetia passes. They diverted the river waters to the side, which caused outrage in Ingushetia - both among residents and officials. Ramzan Kadyrov said that the protest the work was organised in Ingushetia by "a bunch of provocateurs who are trying to play the nationalist card," and indicated that he was able to take lands away from Ingushetia that had passed to the republic during the time of Dzhokhar Dudayev. On November 21, a Chechen delegation arrived on the coast of Fortanga to decide on the ownership of the borderlands in accordance with Sharia, but representatives of Ingushetia did not appear. 

The Chechen authorities explained that the waters of Fortanga were diverted only temporarily to carry out bank protection works. The speaker of the Chechen parliament, Magomed Daudov, stressed that these works, in principle, could not affect the borderline with Ingushetia. He was supported by Chechen users of Instagram, who criticised Ingush for artificially escalating the conflict. 

Ramzan Kadyrov, at a meeting with representatives of law enforcement agencies, ordered a large-scale three-day exercise. All law enforcement and power units of the republic were sent to the line of its 841-kilometre administrative border and are stationed at temporary sentinel points.

The meeting took place back on November 20. Kadyrov explained the need for these exercises because of the unstable situation in the world and by the fact that Chechnya, in his opinion, is the main outpost on the southern borders of Russia. "There are no military actions in the republic, but the situation around our country can transform at any moment and we must be ready for geopolitical changes in the world," Kadyrov stated.

Despite Kadyrov's references to the unstable situation in the world, Chechnya's border is mostly administrative. The republic is adjacent to Ingushetia, North Ossetia, Stavropol Territory, and Dagestan. Of the foreign states, Chechnya borders only with Georgia, and there is no active border crossing on this section of the border. There is a road to the Georgian border, but it has no federal significance. The Chechen authorities laid it in 1998, that is, during an armed conflict with the federal centre, in the hope of breaking the blockade, but Georgia opposed this, it was reported on November 13, 2019. The issue of building a road to Georgia was once again raised by Ramzan Kadyrov in the summer.