The head of the Chechen government, Ramzan Kadyrov, accused the Kondopoga authorities of inaction in connection with the unrest and promised to direct the situation in a “right direction.” Representatives of the local Chechen diaspora asked the prime minister to intervene in what was happening in the city. In the republic, what is happening in the city has caused serious concern. After the destruction of several retail outlets and the arson of a restaurant owned by people from the Caucasus, the Chechen parliament sent a delegation led by the deputy chairman of the People's Assembly to Kondopoga.