Social media users have called the delay in restoring the Aukhovsky District a risk factor.

The unresolved land issue during the restoration of the Aukhovsky District, as well as the restoration of the district itself, remains a factor that could provoke tension, according to social media users. They believe the delays in resettlement appear deliberate.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," during commemorative events marking the 82nd anniversary of the deportation of Chechens and Ingush, participants raised issues of the restoration of the Aukhovsky District, land distribution, and the authorities' lack of attention to these issues. Appeals to Putin made at the rally called for the need to determine the district's status, end the controversial practice of land transfers, and provide guarantees to prevent a repeat of past tragedies.

A post about the rally garnered 121 comments on the "Caucasian Knot" Instagram page*, which has 56,000 followers, as of 1:11 PM Moscow time.

Some users believed that the protracted restoration of the Aukhovsky District could lead to an explosion.

"They're deliberately pitting the peoples of the Caucasus against each other," noted user zakat 772.

"I wonder who's stirring things up in the Caucasus? Does anyone want to create unrest in the Caucasus?" - alya_789_789 asked.

"No one is stirring up trouble. When Muslims say, 'Give them back their property,' they immediately understand these issues, but no one says, 'Let's resolve this issue according to Sharia!' They don't want to because there's only one solution: return everything to the original owners!" - znipr2000 emphasized.

"How easy it is for some people to rule us from above. There are brothers, but no brotherhood," - abdurrahman_ash_sharcassi stated.

The comments included both people outraged by the prolonged restoration of the Aukhovsky District and those who believe the decision to restore it is unfair. The comments were accompanied by threats, obscene language, and ethnic insults. Users also offered arguments in favor of [their actions].

"2,600 houses still have not been liberated," gold_star9 noted.

User dertyn11 believes the situation is similar to the border redistribution between Ingushetia and Chechnya.

As a reminder, the Novolaksky District authorities previously published a press release on their official Telegram channel, stating that the organizers of the memorial event had been warned of "the inadmissibility of political activity—rallies, marches, pickets, the use of banners, and slogans." The events were permitted in a strictly regulated format as religious and memorial events.

The restoration of the Aukhovsky District, planned for completion by 2025, has effectively been stalled for many years. Dagestani activists announced in 2024 that the resettlement of the Laks and the construction of new homes have been disrupted.

On February 23, 2024, residents of the Novolaksky district, at a rally dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the deportation of the Vainakhs, noted that they have to remind the authorities of the need for full territorial and political rehabilitation of the Chechen people.

At the same time, in 2022, memorial events for the anniversary of the deportation of the Vainakhs were banned in the Novolaksky District. Representatives of the local Chechen community considered such actions by the authorities offensive. Despite the ban, about 50 people still attended the memorial event.

In 2023, authorities recommended that organizers of commemorative events for the anniversary of the deportation in the Novolaksky District avoid discussing political issues and problems of the Aukhovsky District at rallies.

As a reminder, Operation Lentil began on February 23, 1944, during which nearly 500,000 Chechens and Ingush were deported en masse from the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. More information about these events and their consequences can be found in the "Caucasian Knot" report "Deportation of Chechens and Ingush". The deportation of the Vainakhs is directly linked to the unresolved issue of the rights of the Chechens of Dagestan, who have been waiting for the restoration of the Aukh district for nearly 30 years, according to the Caucasian Knot report "The Main Thing About Aukh: What the Chechens Demand from the Dagestani Authorities".