Commentators dismissed the raids against rising prices in Chechnya as window dressing.

Despite regular official reports of raids on markets and stores, food prices continue to rise during Ramadan, social media users noted.

As "Caucasian Knot" reported in early February, prices are rising again before Ramadan at both markets and stores. They noted that the food prices published by the official Chechen newspaper do not reflect reality. Chechen authorities' reports on price controls have had virtually no impact on the situation in stores and markets, users noted. Low-income residents of Grozny, including pensioners and teachers, reported that, amid rising prices, they are struggling to find money for food at the beginning of Ramadan. Residents of rural areas have an easier time securing food, but prices for basic groceries in local stores have also risen. Wholesale suppliers are inflating food prices during Ramadan, forcing stores and businesses to increase prices, commentators said in response to reports of government raids on Chechen markets. Official reports of raids on stores and markets in Chechnya due to rising prices during Ramadan have not reduced prices.

The Grozny Inform news agency published further reports on raids at markets and stores in Grozny.

Participating in the raids are officers from the Security Council of the Chechen Republic, the Grozny Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, and representatives of the City Hall. They monitor the prices of socially significant goods and prevent unjustified price gouging. "We are also holding discussions with vendors about the inadmissibility of such violations during this sacred time for all Muslims and the possible consequences. "Raids will be conducted throughout the month of Ramadan," city hall employees were quoted as saying in a statement dated March 5.

The message was brought to the attention of a "Caucasian Knot" reader with the nickname horacio. "It's unclear what the point of these raids is if prices at markets and stores in Grozny and elsewhere have risen and continue to rise. Yesterday, at the Berkat market, wild garlic cost 280 and 550 rubles per kilogram (unpeeled and peeled), while just the day before, its price was 250 and 500 rubles, respectively. And the mayor's office is telling people about some kind of price control raids on the orders of the head of the republic," he pointed out.

The Instagram* public page Eldit.net reposted the reports of the market raids, which garnered 34 comments.

"Useless! Conscience is the best controller! It is during this Holy Month that more sellers Conscience sleeps, appetite awakens. May God grant you satisfaction! "- pointed out mm30.12mm.

But there is no change," said homenig_777.

"It's useless," supported ilyas_gihaev.

"Nothing changes, tough measures are needed here," noted _aisha_7604_.

As a reminder, the head of Chechnya previously threatened residents who shopped in other republics. Thus, Kadyrov's threats to confiscate food from sellers in 2025 came against the backdrop of an existing practice: previously, products were confiscated from buyers of goods purchased outside the republic before Eid al-Fitr. Two residents Chechens reported on the inspection of cars on the border with Dagestan before Uraza in 2024 as part of the fight against violators of the "resolution on supporting local entrepreneurship," says a "Caucasian Knot" article published on March 13, 2025. Police said that "they had orders to confiscate for the benefit of children's institutions," but one of those interviewed - an elderly driver - managed to persuade the security forces. In another case, security forces "pulled two boxes of chickens and one package of 30 eggs from the car." Residents of Chechnya also reported similar inspections at the Gerzel post in 2023. "They found fault with the chickens, saying that, they say, we are not patriots of the republic, in They sell chickens everywhere in Chechnya, and you buy them in Dagestan. "In short, they confiscated the chickens," a Chechen resident quoted her neighbor as saying.