Due to heavy rainfall in the Chechen village of Mesker-Yurt, the Dzhalka River overflowed its banks, flooding 45 homes, including eight houses, which were completely submerged. According to the Shali District administration, local residents were evacuated and temporarily housed with relatives.

On May 20, a Viennese court found Egisto Ott, a former employee of the Austrian counterintelligence agency BVT, guilty of espionage for Russia, abuse of power, and corruption. But the main point of this story is not just another European scandal involving Russian agents. Ott's case is directly linked to operations against Chechen emigrants and the murder of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin.

Russian Emergencies Ministry Head Alexander Kurenkov announced that over 1.1 billion rubles have been allocated for payments to residents of Dagestan and Chechnya affected by the spring floods.

North Ossetia's head, Sergei Menyailo, has ordered that children from the republic not be sent on summer vacation to Tuapse following a series of drone attacks and fires at the city's oil facilities. He said the decision is primarily due to security concerns.