A resident of Ingushetia, Adam Maloroev, who is abroad and wanted in the Russian Federation, recorded a video message. He reported that he and another native of the republic were tortured by FSB officers in Magas to extract testimony against Dagestani residents Abas Saidov and Zamur Tagirov. The latter were sentenced to 19 years on charges of involvement in ISIS (recognized as a terrorist organization).

Deputy head of the Stavropol administration, former participant of the SVO Zaur Gurtsiev died as a result of a grenade explosion. The version of a terrorist attack is being considered.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced Dagestani Shamil Aliyev to 14 years in a maximum security penal colony. The investigation claimed that he participated in ISIS (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) and tried to recruit others to it.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has put forward four key conditions for ending the war in Ukraine. This was reported to Reuters by sources.

The founder and honorary chairman of the ruling party of Georgia, businessman and oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili declined a meeting with US Ambassador Robin Dunnigan, who was supposed to deliver a message from the presidential administration. According to the embassy’s statement, this happened last week.

A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) was held in Bishkek. The work was attended by Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, heads and representatives of the military departments of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.

Five activists were released from the Nalchik special detention center after serving their sentences for participating in a rally in memory of the victims of the Caucasian War. Two more remain in isolation.

Every year on May 28, Azerbaijan officially celebrates the Republic Day. Since October 15, 2021, this date is called "Independence Day".