Nalchik residents urged the authorities to address the problem of vandalism.

One of the residents of Nalchik filmed the damaged lighting fixtures on the recently renovated Kizilovka. Other citizens, commenting on his video on social media, called for the installation of surveillance cameras and for finding and punishing those responsible.

One of the residents of Nalchik filmed the lanterns lying on the ground and the bare wires sticking out of the ground on the Kizilovka terrenkur. "Be careful, bare wires. Bare wires are sticking out of the ground," he said.

The video showing the damaged lights on Kizilovka was published on August 27 by the Instagram*-public goloskbr. As of 11:40 AM Moscow time on August 30, this video in the Instagram*-public goloskbr, which has about 191 thousand followers, received 137 likes and 70 comments.

Commenters, identifying themselves as residents of Nalchik, condemned the damage to the landscaping elements. "There is a good proverb. It roughly translates to: it's useless to put shoes on a dog, it will eat them anyway. Something like that. It's very sad that there is a barbaric attitude towards everything that goes beyond personal boundaries," wrote mira10051996.

"And then they will write that there is no lighting and complain. Start appreciating other people's work and set an example for others," noted nastiatanchina.

"Those who say: maybe it's under repair, this and that. What repair can there be when they were installed new 2-3 months ago? The person who did this is simply underdeveloped. How can you do this? How can it interfere with people when, on the contrary, these lights facilitate walking or jogging there, where children run, or a couple, or elderly people walk? This was done for the benefit of people, not for such things," exclaimed marat_sizhazhev.

Other commenters suggested installing cameras on Kizilovka and finding those who damaged the lights. "If there were cameras standing or hanging there, it would be good," pointed out user khasbi647.

"Install cameras," urged alin_stanislavovna_ali.

"These are vile [brightly expressive expression], those who do this. They need to be found and shown to the whole republic. Such people will go on to commit more serious crimes," believes uragan7296.

As of 11:40 AM Moscow time on August 30, there are no comments on the Nalchik administration's website regarding the residents' demand to address the problem of vandalism.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that cases of vandalism periodically occur in Kabardino-Balkaria. For example, on June 21 in Prokhladny, unknown individuals burned wreaths at the memorial for those who died defending the city in 1942. On December 29, 2019, unknown individuals cut down two blue spruces in Nalchik.