In Russia in 2023, the maximum number of teachers quit since 2017—193 thousand. These are the data of the Ministry of Education. The worst situation is in the Astrakhan region, Adygea, Leningrad region, Ingushetia and Karachay-Cherkessia.

The Azerbaijani military attacked Armenia, reported in Yerevan. According to the Armenian defense department, at 05:30, units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened fire from small arms in the Nerkin Hand region. The Armenian Ministry of Defense reported two dead and several wounded on its side.

At the next court hearing in Chechnya, student Nikita Zhuravel, accused of burning the Koran, confirmed that on May 4, 2023, he burned the Koran and filmed it on his mobile phone on the instructions of a third party who promised a monetary reward.

At the last meeting of the Maikop City Court of Adygea, the prosecutor asked to sentence Inver Siyukhov to nine years in prison. He was accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization.

On February 10, 2023, a 60-year-old political prisoner from Crimea, Dzhemil Gafarov, died in a pre-trial detention center in Novocherkassk, Rostov region. He needed kidney dialysis, but he was not provided with qualified medical care.

Russia needs certain assurances from Armenia in connection with its accession to the International Criminal Court (ICC), this issue remains to be resolved. This was stated by the press secretary of the Russian President Peskov, speaking about the possibility of Vladimir Putin’s visit to Yerevan.

The Investigative Directorate for Karachay-Cherkessia opened a criminal case against a 40-year-old local resident. She is accused under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in the activities of an extremist organization).

A court in Vladikavkaz found local resident Kazbek Alikov guilty under the article on “fake news” about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). He was sentenced to one year suspended imprisonment.

Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Moscow region are leaders in the ranking of Russian regions in terms of quality of life. The outsiders are Tuva, Ingushetia and the Jewish Autonomous Region. RIA Novosti reported this. Among the regions of the North Caucasian Federal District, the KBR ranks 64th, Dagestan – 67th, Chechnya – 68th, Karachay-Cherkessia – 79th.

Armenia is ready to be as close to the European Union as it deems possible. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this in an interview with the British publication The Telegraph.