Khalid Karaf, a resident of Nalchik who had spent months trying to determine the fate of his missing son, was summoned—along with his wife and daughter—to the FSB headquarters, where they were informed that the son had died. *Kavkazsky Uzel* (Caucasian Knot) reported this, citing the man himself and a source within a Circassian organization.

Residents of several villages in Russia’s Republic of Dagestan affected by severe spring flooding say they have struggled to obtain compensation for damaged homes, with many claiming they secured payments only after appealing to prosecutors, commissioning independent expert assessments and requesting new inspections, the independent outlet Kavkazsky Uzel reported. Regional authorities have acknowledged that about 2,000 compensation claims initially rejected were later approved following appeals.

Italy has put forward a proposal to establish migrant return hubs outside the European Union at an emergency meeting of EU interior ministers, with Armenia previously identified as one of the potential host countries. Yerevan, however, says it has received no such proposal, and the ministers concluded their talks without announcing any decision to create a return hub in Armenia.

Rauf Arashukov, a former senator from Russia's Karachay-Cherkessia republic who is serving a life sentence, has announced a hunger strike at the Black Dolphin maximum-security penal colony in Russia's Orenburg region.