For the first time since 1991, the resident population of Armenia fell below 3 million people. 

In the channel of movement of Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars «Atesh» there was a record, which says that the Kremlin propagandist and TV presenter Zakhar Prilepinym hunted since the beginning of the year. 

In the first quarter of 2023, Russians transferred $1.2 billion to Armenia. This is five times more than in the same period of 2022, according to the Central Bank of Armenia.

About 50 per cent of the graduates of general education schools in the North Caucasus leave their regions and go to megacities. The same applies to 20% of graduates of the SFD. This was reported by the rector of the North Caucasus University Dmitry Bespalov during the Caucasus Investment Exhibition. 

In the first quarter of the year Armenia took the fifth place in the ranking of the most popular destinations of foreign travel of Russians. 

The international non-governmental organization «Reporters without Borders» has released an annual world rating of freedom of speech. In it, Russia took the 164th place out of 180 possible, having dropped to 9 positions at once.

The most popular destinations for holidays in May among Russians were Kaliningrad, Saint Petersburg and Dagestan. 

According to the survey of online booking service «Daily.ru», Dagestan and Kislovodsk along with Kaliningrad were also among the three most budget directions - up to 4000 rubles per day. 
Last year in the top 5 most popular places for May holidays included Caucasian Minvody, Archy, Elbrus.

Soon Russia will celebrate May 9 and hang Georgian ribbons on its chest. This military symbol has nothing to do with the Great Patriotic War, but it symbolizes the victory of the Tsarist army over the Highlanders in the Caucasian War. Such an explanation was given by the historian and political scientist Mairbek Vachagaev.

In 2022, the number of residents with mental disorders in Chechnya increased from 13 to 14,000. In Dagestan their number increased from 3,500 to 4,500. This is stated in the report of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.

According to the North-Caucasian Statistics, in January-March 2023 Karachaevo-Cherkessia leads the CSFR in the growth of industrial production. The dynamics was 12.5%.