On May 21, the Adyghe-Abkhaz peoples celebrate the day of remembrance and mourning for the victims of the Caucasian War. Mourning events were held in Nalchik and Cherkessk.

Georgia sent 16.3 thousand tons of potatoes to the Russian market for $6.8 million. This is a record monthly figure - in April last year, there were no such deliveries at all.

Today, May 21, an anti-Russian rally was held in the capital of Armenia in connection with the visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. It is reported that the protest was organized by representatives of the "For the Republic" party. Demonstrators gathered with posters near the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where Lavrov met with Armenian diplomat Ararat Mirzoyan.

In the Moscow region, a criminal case has been transferred to court on the attempted murder of the former deputy chairman of the government of Ingushetia and the State Council of Chechnya, Sherip Alikhadzhiev. Later, he was an assistant to the State Duma deputy, General Vladimir Shamanov. The defendants are the perpetrator and his accomplice.

Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan became the leaders in the lowest alcohol consumption in March. Such data are provided by the Russian Ministry of Health.

The threats of the Croatian authorities to expel Chechen refugees from the country contradict the norms of international law, humanitarian principles and obligations as a member state of the European Union. These were the slogans chanted by the participants of the rally in front of the Croatian embassy in Austria.

On the eve of the visit of the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov, posters appeared in Yerevan on which Russian President Vladimir Putin is depicted against the background of the word "killer" or together with Russian military equipment with the Z symbol. The press secretary of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova called these provocations "Russophobic".

In April 2025, the cost of a square meter of new housing in the KBR decreased by 6.7%. According to this indicator, the region took first place in Russia, according to the Unified Register of Developers.

A court in Azerbaijan has sentenced Igbal Abilov, editor of the Talysh National Academy News website, to 18 years in prison on charges of treason, calls against the state, and inciting ethnic hatred. He is accused of collaborating with the Armenian special services and attempting to incite ethnic hatred in Azerbaijan.

Armenia has signed defense contracts with India and France worth $1.5 billion and $250 million, respectively.