The head of Ingushetia, Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov, reported to the President of Russia on the work to improve the level of socio-economic development of the region.
Vladimir Putin noted that the overall situation in the economy in Ingushetia is stable. Issues of social payments, construction, water supply and education were also touched upon. President Putin drew attention to the problems of pre-school and secondary education, pointing out the shortage of kindergartens and schools along with the presence of second and third shifts in general education institutions.
The head of the Ingushetian government said that 20 schools and nine kindergartens are being built in the republic. At the same time, high birth rates increase the lack of institutions, and until 2030 much remains to be done in this direction.
Putin inquired about the pace of construction in the region. The head of Ingushetia stressed that there is progress in this area, but due to lack of land, the subject plans to give preference to the construction of apartment buildings and high-rise buildings.
Also, according to him, the lack of land complicates the situation with social facilities that must be moved to the outskirts of settlements, and these are additional costs for communications, the cost of which is not studied in the design and estimate documentation. Putin noted that each region has its own specifics and must be considered.
In January, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, called on the Ingush people to stop "provocateurs who talk about illegally confiscated lands." The statement was made at a meeting of the organising committee to celebrate the centenary of Chechen autonomy. “We have almost one language, one religion, stop those who write all this. If they are not stopped now, it will develop into great confusion,” Kadyrov warned.
Protests were held in Ingushetia against the agreement on the border between Ingushetia and Chechnya adopted in the fall of 2018, according to which part of the Ingush territory came under the control of Grozny. At a rally in Magas on March 26-27, 2019, against the transfer of borderlands to Chechnya, protesters clashed with the police. 30 activists were arrested for resisting the police. Sentences, in this case, were passed on seven instigators of protests at the end of 2021, all receiving sentences ranging from 7.5 to 9 years.
