Pro-Kremlin pranksters Vovan and Lexus conducted a remote interview with the fifth president of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili. To do this, they introduced themselves as Russian oppositionist and foreign agent Garry Kasparov.

Yashar Shikhametov, a 54-year-old Crimean Tatar, was transferred to a correctional institution in the Saratov region. Previously, he had difficulty moving due to serious back problems, complained of increasing pain in the heart, liver, and kidneys.

17-летний Адам Кадыров, предположительно, стал секретарем Совбеза Чечни. Официального указа об этом не публиковалось, однако так его назвали в телеграм-канале Совета безопасности республики. Сын Рамзана Кадырова, вероятно, заместил на этом посту племянника главы Чечни Хамзата Кадырова.

The new Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia, Oleg Bartsits, said that Tbilisi should abolish the law "On Occupied Territories" and sign an agreement with Sukhuma and Tskhinvali on the non-use of military force.

The night before, on Makhachkalynskaya Street in Derbent, the driver of the car ignored the demands of the traffic police to stop. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he ran over a police officer and shot several times.

The official shortage of teaching staff in Dagestan is more than 1,500 people. In addition, 323 vacancies are open in Karachay-Cherkessia, 246 in Kabardino-Balkaria, and 205 in Stavropol. These data were announced by the Presidential Envoy to the SCFD, Yury Chaika.

Russia is concerned about Armenia's desire to become a member of the European Union, as it is incompatible with membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). This was stated by the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexander Hrushko. According to him, Armenia risks losing the benefits of the EAEU if the West drags it into its games.

Ingushetia, Chechnya and Dagestan were recognized as the leaders among Russian regions in terms of the smallest number of serious and especially serious crimes. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in the first quarter, 0.2 to 0.5 such incidents per 1,000 inhabitants were registered in these republics.