The new power outage schedules in Chechnya have caused complaints from residents about year-round interruptions.
Power outages lasting up to eight hours are planned in several areas of Chechnya and Grozny, reported "Chechenenergo". Residents of the republic, commenting on the outage schedule on social media, complained about constant power interruptions, including in settlements not mentioned by the energy providers. They demanded a solution to the problem of power outages, which, according to them, has persisted throughout the year.
As reported by "Caucasian Knot", planned multi-hour power outages in Chechnya continued throughout the summer of this year, and residents complained that power was cut off even outside the published schedules by the energy providers. An analysis of messages from "Chechenenergo" showed that restrictions lasting from four hours affected all 15 districts of the republic and three cities of republican significance, including more than 100 settlements. In some settlements, outages were repeated multiple times, and residents of Grozny and the Gudermes district reported daily interruptions, which were accompanied by problems with water supply and internet.
Scheduled power supply restrictions lasting up to eight hours were planned for November 7 and 9 in several areas of Chechnya and Grozny. In particular, on November 9, seven-hour restrictions are planned in the village of Starye Atagi in the Urus-Martan district and part of Grozny, while eight-hour restrictions are planned in the city of Oyskhara and the village of Nizhny Noibera in the Kurchaloevsky district, according to the published schedules of JSC "Chechenenergo".
The outage schedule was also published by the Instagram*-public chp.checchnya, which has about 705.6 thousand followers. As of 15:00 Moscow time on November 9, this post received 71 likes and 26 comments.
The outage schedule caused dissatisfaction among the residents of Chechnya. Some pointed out the constant power interruptions, including in the Nozhai-Yurt district. "The Nozhai-Yurt district is not mentioned here, although we have no power normally," wrote r.raiiana19.
"The Nozhai-Yurt district is used to it," noted nesirkhaeva_001.
"Oh, how sad," lamented alieva___105.
At the same time, one resident of the republic reported that the planned outage did not occur. "Today, November 7, the power was not cut off," indicated amina572830.
"It's not evening yet," replied l_na_9_.
A reader of "Caucasian Knot" with the nickname angelo drew attention to the reaction of Chechen residents in the Instagram*-public chp.checchnya to the power outage schedule, providing his own translation of user comments from Chechen to Russian. According to his translation, discussion participants were outraged by frequent power outages and demanded that energy providers finally solve the problem. One user complained that electricity is cut off with the onset of cold weather, another expressed dissatisfaction that residents are not given a break from interruptions. Yet another participant ironically asked what electricity is, while another noted that he is glad to be outside Chechnya. The reader himself pointed out that planned outages continue in the republic year-round, despite the fact that electricity was also cut off almost daily in spring and summer.
"Caucasian Knot" also reported that the problem of power supply interruptions has been relevant in Chechnya for a long time, causing residents to experience domestic difficulties. For example, on March 18 of this year, it became known that during the month of Ramadan, electricity supply restrictions in the republic were planned for a total of 19 days. In Grozny, the total duration of planned outages exceeded 100 hours. One resident of the republic reported that in the village of the Gudermes district, where her elderly parents live, the power was cut off daily, sometimes for entire days. Because of this, people could not use refrigerators and other household appliances.
On July 26, 2025, residents of Grozny and several Chechen villages complained about multi-hour power outages and interruptions in water supply during the heat. In the village of Shuani in the Gudermes district, according to local residents, there was not enough voltage even for refrigerators to work. Grozny residents reported that due to the lack of electricity, food spoiled, and small shop owners incurred losses since refrigeration equipment did not work without power supply.