In Dagestan, the share of overdue debt on loans of companies and enterprises is 41.8%. The situation is worse only in the Nenets Autonomous District (76.18%), according to the agency "RIA Rating".

The sixth president of Georgia, Mikheil Kavelashvili, actually appointed by the ruling party, went on a visit to Armenia. This is reported by the administration of the President of the country. This will be Kavelashvila's third foreign trip after his inauguration.

Azerbaijani activist Ali Zeynal, a figure in the Toplum TV case, who has been in custody since the beginning of March 2024, has stopped communicating. This was reported by the relatives of the arrested person, who feared that he had been placed in a solitary confinement cell.

On the 26th day of the hunger strike, one of the leaders of the Azerbaijani opposition movements - the National Council of Democratic Forces (NSDS) and the "Musavat" party - Tofig Yagubla was transferred from the medical unit of the pre-trial detention center to the treatment facility of the Penitentiary Service. During this time, he lost 14 kg.

A 64-year-old resident of Grozny was subjected to torture. This happened after she criticized local men fighting against Ukraine and compared them to soldiers of the Russian Federation during the Russian-Chechen wars.

In Makeivka, Donetsk region, a military KAMAZ truck knocked down three people at a pedestrian crossing. One of them died. Samrail Yagaev, a serviceman from Chechnya, was reportedly behind the wheel.

For the first time since 2018, employees of foreign embassies visited Chechnya. Diplomats from the Netherlands and Germany came to the next session of the Shalyna City Court on a new criminal case against Zarema Musaeva. The purpose of their presence is to express their support and concern for the situation with respect to human rights in Chechnya.

The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Jeyhun Bayramov, during a meeting with the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs Kaya Kallas, expressed concern about the events in Armenia. There, the day before, during a mass procession, hostile slogans against Azerbaijan and Turkey were sounded, and the flags of both countries were burned.

At today's briefing in the office of "Georgian Dream", party chairman Irakli Garybashily announced his decision to leave his post. Recently, information has spread on the Internet that he wants to leave the post, but he is not given such an opportunity.

Marches of the "Immortal Regiment" on May 9 will take place in three regions of the North Caucasus. These are Stavropol Territory, North Ossetia and Dagestan. In other regions of the SCFD, the action will take place in an online format: there will be no marches and demonstrations on the streets due to safety concerns.