The subjects of the North Caucasus Federal District are on the very last lines in the ranking of regions of the Russian Federation in terms of family well-being. In the RIA Novosti study, Kabardino-Balkaria occupies the last place.

On May 28, 2001, at about 4:00 am, Russian servicemen arrived at the hut in two armored personnel carriers. Kharkiv, Shelkovsky district, they captured and took away in an unknown direction Zaurbek Abusoltovich (Abusoltaevich) Masaev, born in 1975.

During the night over Kiev, Ukrainian air defense shot down more than 40 enemy drones. It is reported that this was the most massive drone attack on the capital since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, namely with Shahed loitering munitions.

A conference dedicated to the 105th anniversary of the declaration of independence of the Mountainous Republic is being held in Kyiv.

On May 28, Azerbaijan celebrates Independence Day. On this day, 105 years ago, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) or the Azerbaijan People's Republic (APR) was proclaimed.

27 May 2001

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Around 14 hours in Alkhan-Yurt village of Urus-Martanovsky district, the Russian military shot and killed two young people.

A Russian plane dropped an aerial bomb on the village of New York in the Donetsk region. One person was injured, three multi-storey buildings were damaged.

Industrial District Court of Vladikavkaz fined local resident Theon Kelehsaev 100 thousand rubles in the case of «discrediting» of the army. 

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation recognized Magomed Hajiyev, a former deputy of the Duma, as a foreign agent of four convocations from Dagestan, member of «United Russia». According to the Russian authorities, outside the Russian Federation, he allegedly expressed willingness to cooperate with foreign politicians and expressed support for Ukraine in order to obtain foreign citizenship.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine proposed to officially change the name of Georgia to Sakartvelo, the self-name of the country used by Georgians. The purpose of such a decision is to contribute to the rapprochement of the two countries and get rid of the «Russified» name.