On May 3, the press service of the Russian president reported that the Kremlin was attacked by two drones. After this, regional leaders, one after another, began to introduce bans on the use of drones. Legislative and technological measures have been added to administrative measures, but UAVs continue to fly over Russian territory.

The overwhelming majority of Georgian citizens consider Russia the greatest political threat to their country. Eighty-seven per cent of the respondents to the International Republican Institute survey hold this view. 

Armenia, as well as China, Kazakhstan, and Brazil, voted for a UN resolution that named Russia as the aggressor in the war against Ukraine. Thus, the countries that Moscow considers to be its formal allies (Armenia is also a member of the CSTO) have spoken out against it.

Georgia was not granted EU candidate status because it refused to join sanctions against Russia. This was announced by Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze. 

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan congratulated the people on Citizen’s Day. He noted that there are no political prisoners in the country, all information is available to the public through television, media, social networks, and public and economic activities are completely free. According to Pashinyan, the reason for all the failures, including the war with Azerbaijan, is that for many years the country lacked democracy, law and taboos.

The European Court of Human Rights ordered Russia to pay more than 129 million euros in compensation to Georgian citizens for violations of their rights during the 2008 war. Thus, compensation of 3.2 million euros is provided for the killing of at least 50 civilians (there were 116 applications), 2.7 million euros for 116 civilian victims of arbitrary detention and inhuman treatment, 640,000 euros - 16 Georgian prisoners of war tortured.

The Armenian newspaper "Graparak" writes that the US is exerting pressure on Armenia to sign a peace treaty with Azerbaijan as soon as possible. The preliminary version of the document should be signed by the end of May. It is mentioned that US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Olson, who recently visited Yerevan and Baku, brought with her a draft version. 

Access to pre-school education for children up to the age of seven is 100 per cent in the Chechen Republic. This was announced by the head of the region Ramzan Kadyrov during a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Misostin in Moscow.

The MPs call on Azerbaijan to immediately open the Lachin Corridor. This is stated in a joint statement by the head of the European Parliament delegation for relations with the countries of the South Caucasus, Maria Kalyurand, Permanent Rapporteur for Armenia, Andrey Kovac, and Permanent Rapporteur for Azerbaijan, Zeljana Zovko. 

Azerbaijan has taken control of the Lachin corridor, the only link between Nagorny Karabakh and Armenia. The Russian side did not react, the peacekeepers were expelled.