The Dagestan prosecutor's office warned Chechens living in the region about the inadmissibility of uncoordinated actions, including rallies and pickets, amid plans to hold commemoration ceremonies in the Novolaksky district on February 23. the Caucasian Knot about this . told Representative of the public organization “Aukh” Adam Machaev
On Friday, activists plan to gather at the monument to the victims of Stalin’s repressions on the outskirts of the village of Novokuli in connection with the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the deportations of Chechens and Ingush from the North Caucasus. They will perform dua , prayer and dhikr , Machaev said.
In 2022, local residents were prohibited from holding mourning events at this site. Representatives of the Chechen community in the region considered the authorities' decision offensive. Despite the ban, several dozen people took part in the mourning event that year.
In 2023, activists were allowed to hold events, but the authorities recommended that they not discuss political topics and problems of the Aukhovsky district . However, this year, according to Machaev, no such recommendations were received to believers.
- In February–March 1944, on Stalin’s orders, during Operation Lentil, the Vainakh peoples—Chechens and Ingush—were expelled to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on charges of treason. Then about half a million Vainakhs were resettled. More than 16 thousand people were evicted from the Aukhovsky district. In 2004, the European Parliament recognized the deportation of the Vainakhs as an act of genocide.