Kadyrov's orders did not prevent traders from raising food prices during Ramadan.

Reports from Chechen authorities on food price controls have had virtually no impact on the situation in stores and markets: vendors significantly raised prices on popular items even before the start of Ramadan, social media users claimed.

As "Caucasian Knot" reported, prices are rising again before Ramadan, both in markets and stores, social media users pointed out in early February. They noted that the food prices published by the official Chechen newspaper do not reflect reality.

At a meeting of the Chechen Security Council on February 18, measures to prevent a sharp rise in prices during the holy month of Ramadan were discussed. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov ordered the containment of unjustified markups on food products.

"At the initiative of Chechen Security Council Secretary Adam Kadyrov, monitoring events to set price caps on socially important goods are planned in the region with the participation of relevant services and municipalities," the official Chechen news agency Grozny-Inform reported.

The publication also noted that the meeting was chaired not by Adam Kadyrov himself, but by his deputy, Salambek Abdrashitov. Kadyrov Jr. himself has not posted anything on his social media page regarding his price monitoring initiative.

A post about a meeting on food prices during Ramadan garnered 11 comments in five hours on the news agency's Instagram page*.

"Thank you! Everything has gone up in price," wrote gerihanova_899, among others. "Everything has gone up in price, unfortunately, even eggs cost 450 rubles a tray," confirmed user kurt_tl. “Three weeks ago, a tray here was selling for 240 rubles, and now it’s 380. This is terrible, how can they raise the price like that?” aliy.asshka was indignant.

“A lemon cost 70 rubles on the first day of Ramadan, is that normal?” asked user zh.an7482.

Under another news agency post—about Ramzan Kadyrov's order to control prices on socially important goods during periods of increased demand, particularly Ramadan—users left 51 comments in three days.

"Everything has gone up in price everywhere, especially meat," noted user lara.den14. "No matter how hard the authorities try, stores still raise prices. Chicken is 750 rubles now, I wouldn't be surprised if it reaches 900 rubles. I won't even mention tomatoes and cucumbers. In other regions, they're half the price of Chechnya," wrote albina_lifeblog. "Ramadan hasn't even started yet, and prices are skyrocketing," added _amina007.

"Chicken parts were 250, now they're 280, they're increasing the price every week, and closer to Eid al-Fitr they'll be 380, just like last year," noted ami___takhaeva.

"Eggs were recently 230 rubles, now they're 330 rubles," reported user soi_sain_95. "I bought white eggs for 375, they're usually supposed to go down in price in February," noted shahidova_zaryat.

“Whoever raises prices during Ramadan, I would confiscate all their goods and distribute them free to those in need. I wouldn't be ashamed to do this to people who aren't ashamed to raise prices for their brothers and sisters,” said user grozny9265.

"It doesn't help. Some people remove the price tags, but sell them for the same price as before, and then when there's an inspection, they say they've lowered it. I've seen this happen repeatedly and have witnessed it," said bead_the.

User phamto_i expressed skepticism about officials' promise to summarize the campaign's results later. "What does that mean, 'the results will be summarized?' I, a simple pensioner, don't need results, but rather that prices at the market don't go up anytime soon," she wrote.

“The month of Ramadan has only just begun, and already prices have gone up. What will happen for the holiday? Because of these child benefits and the measly thousands of rubles added to pensions, they're raising prices in stores and shamelessly saying, ‘You're getting good child benefits,’ and then they go around blaming the wholesalers,” asserts user 18.lyntik.