On May 15, the RIA Rating agency published summary data on the socio-economic situation of Russian regions based on the results of 2022. Four republics of the North Caucasus - Ingushetia, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia and Kabardino-Balkaria - were in the bottom ten in this ranking.

On May 15, the International Day of Conscientious Objectors to Military Service, activists from the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in Austria held a picket demanding asylum for Chechens fleeing mobilization in their homeland.

The price of gasoline in the KBR is 53.4 rubles per liter. The second place in May in terms of the high cost of this type of fuel was taken by Chechnya, where it costs 53.1 rubles per liter. The third position is occupied by the KChR - 52.3 rubles.

Zamin Salayev, an activist of the opposition Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, was transferred from a pre-trial detention center to a medical institution of the Ministry of Justice after he fell into a coma.

Since April 26, Crimean Tatar political prisoner Server Zekiryaev has been in a cell-type room with a stricter regime of detention in IK No. 1 in the city of Donskoy, Tula Region.

The Nalchik garrison court found three servicemen guilty of leaving their place of service. They were assigned 5.5 and 5 years in a general regime colony.

Ingushetia took 81st place out of 85 in the ranking of the socio-economic situation of Russian regions in 2022. Karachay-Cherkessia - 80th place.

Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan stated that the country does not receive ordered and paid from Russia. Because of this, Yerevan intends to look for new security mechanisms and the supply of weapons.

Russia cancels the visa regime for citizens of Georgia from today. Bans for Russian airlines on flights to this country have also been lifted.

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan are ready for long-term peace in the region. This was stated by EU President Charles Michel after trilateral talks in Brussels.