Authorities in Kabardino-Balkaria have cancelled mass events on May 9.

The Immortal Regiment march in Kabardino-Balkaria will not be held for security reasons. As last year, authorities have proposed using an online format for the event.

As reported by Caucasian Knot, in 2025, the authorities of Kabardino-Balkaria have refused to hold the Immortal Regiment march for security reasons. Of the in-person celebratory events, they retained the fireworks display on the evening of May 9.

The decision to hold the Immortal Regiment march online was made following a joint meeting of the republic's anti-terrorism commission and operational headquarters, chaired by the head of the region, Kazbek Kokov. The main topic of discussion was preparations for the May holiday events, the regional control center's press service reported on its Telegram channel.

It is noted that the celebration programs are still being finalized, but a decision has already been made to cancel large mass marches.

"Given the current situation, it has been decided that large mass marches in open spaces will not be held. Thus, in particular, the Immortal Regiment will be held online, as was done last year," Kokov wrote on his Telegram channel.

"Caucasian Knot" also wrote that in February 2024, Nalchik resident Oleg Kelemetov appealed to the Investigative Committee with a request to check the decisions of Stalin, Beria, Molotov, Voroshilov, and other members of the USSR State Defense Committee for violations of the law. In May of that year, Kelemetov, on behalf of a group of North Caucasus residents, sent appeals to the parliaments of Kabardino-Balkaria, Chechnya, Karachay-Cherkessia, Ingushetia, and Kalmykia, the republics of the North Caucasus, calling for a legislative ban on the glorification of Stalin and others involved in mass deportations during the Great Patriotic War, as well as the erection of monuments to them.

Under Stalin, mass arrests, deportations, and executions based on ethnicity were carried out, and entire peoples were declared "hostile," according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "10 Myths about Stalin's Role in the Great Patriotic War".