The Investigative Committee promised to protect the interests of dormitory residents in Nalchik.

At a meeting with evicted residents of the Nalchik Agricultural University dormitory, the head of the republic's Investigative Committee assured that their rights would not be violated.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on March 2, it became known that former employees of the Kabardino-Balkarian State Agrarian University (KBSAU), fearing eviction from their official housing in Nalchik, considered the university representatives' response to their complaints to be formal. They proposed creating a commission to jointly assess the legality of each eviction. The Kabardino-Balkarian Human Rights Center called on the head of the republic, Kazbek Kokov, to influence the university's leadership and prevent the eviction of former university employees from the dormitory.

On March 26, Andrei Fishman, head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Kabardino-Balkaria, visited the dormitory of the Kabardino-Balkarian State Agrarian University, where the university administration is attempting to evict former employees. He spoke with residents who had received eviction notices and complained to the Investigative Committee about the unlawful decision.

After speaking with the residents, Fishman inspected the dormitory building and apartments at their invitation, after which he gave his subordinates certain instructions, the department's press service reported. The department did not specify what exactly the "series of activities" they would be carrying out would consist of.

"Andrey Fishman assured citizens that their rights and legitimate interests will not be violated, and that any problems that have arisen will be resolved," according to a statement on the official Telegram channel of the republic's Investigative Committee.

Kazakhstan State Agrarian University Rector Zaurbi Shkhagapsoev was present at the meeting, Gazeta Yuga noted. There was no information about what explanations he gave to the head of the republic's Investigative Committee regarding the eviction of former university employees.

Back in June 2025, university management notified former employees, who had been living in the university dormitory since 1987, of their eviction without provision of alternative housing. Former university employees then claimed that, on the orders of the new rector, the gate and access to the university grounds were closed "without any warning," and that the rector made "insults and threats" during a personal meeting. Zaurbi Shkhagapsoev then explained to the "Caucasian Knot" that he was forced to evict former employees from the dormitory because the students had nowhere else to live.

According to the Housing Code, individuals who have no other housing and are registered as needing it cannot be evicted from official housing without being provided with alternative accommodation, lawyer Oleg Sergeev told the "Caucasian Knot" in June 2025. Also, according to him, the families of military personnel, security forces, pensioners, the disabled, as well as people who were provided housing in dormitories before March 1, 2005 – before the Housing Code came into effect – who are registered as needing housing, cannot be evicted without being provided with alternative housing.