The cause of the fire near the village of Khryug in the Akhtynsky district is the human factor. A local resident set fire to dry grass near the mountain, and from there the fire spread further. The head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, wrote about this in his Telegram channel.

A video filmed by a resident of the Urus-Martan district of Chechnya, Shamkhan Talarov, has been distributed on social networks. In it, he reported that an ambulance was unable to enter the hospital grounds due to closed gates. The Grozny State TV Channel checked the information and found that it was not true.

Three minors have been detained in Ingushetia, accused of planning an attack on a church in Sunzha. This was reported by the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the region.

There will be no fireworks in Stavropol on May 9 to celebrate Victory Day. Governor Vladimir Vladimirov cited a popular vote he held on social media – allegedly the majority of “voters” voted against it.

The name of three-time Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling Buvaisar Saitiev will be given to one of the streets in the Akhmatovsky district of Grozny. Recently, the ethnic Chechen was buried in Dagestan.

A criminal case against three employees of the private sanatorium "Medis" in Nalchik has been sent to court. In the dock are the director of the institution Ruslan Ozrokov, neurologist Mukhadin Uzdenov and nurse Marianna Aloyeva. They are accused of violating sanitary standards, which led to the mass infection of people.

A criminal case on the creation of a terrorist group and participation in it has been opened in Dagestan. The defendants are four residents of the republic, killed last week in a shootout with security forces in Makhachkala. Another defendant was sent to custody. The names of all five defendants are unknown.

The socio-political situation in Dagestan has been and remains stable, and there is no need to block Telegram for a long time. This was stated by the head of the regional Ministry of Digital Development, Gamzatov.

Chechnya called for a review of the decision to block the Telegram messenger. Residents of the region have the same right to receive and disseminate information as other citizens of the Russian Federation, said Minister of National Policy, External Relations and Information Akhmed Dudayev.

Diana Tsomartova, the mother of Anna, who went missing more than a year ago near the FSB sanatorium in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, has called for her daughter to be put on the international wanted list.