The media reported that on October 9, 2021, unknown persons tore metal letters from the granite slabs of the memorial block dedicated to the hero-city of Stalingrad in one of the parks of Pyatigorsk. The Stavropol Territorial Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia organized an inspection.

The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia instructed the head of the Stavropol Territorial Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia Ivanov I.N. to report on the situation.