Two participants of the rally in memory of the victims of the Caucasian War filed complaints with the Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Zuber Euaz and Timur Nakhushev appealed against the administrative arrest, considering it illegal.

A resident of Ingushetia, Adam Maloroev, who is abroad and wanted in the Russian Federation, recorded a video message. He reported that he and another native of the republic were tortured by FSB officers in Magas to extract testimony against Dagestani residents Abas Saidov and Zamur Tagirov. The latter were sentenced to 19 years on charges of involvement in ISIS (recognized as a terrorist organization).

Five activists were released from the Nalchik special detention center after serving their sentences for participating in a rally in memory of the victims of the Caucasian War. Two more remain in isolation.

Four men have been detained in Ingushetia, Stavropol Krai, Dagestan and Astrakhan Oblast. Security forces believe that they are members of the unit of field commanders Shamil Basayev and Khattab.

Recognized political prisoner Dagestan resident Ulkyar Gashimova was transferred to IK-3 in the Kostroma region. Previously, she was in SIZO-1 in Rostov-on-Don.

A court in Krasnoyarsk Krai has released blind Crimean Muslim Alexander Sizikov from a 17-year sentence. The motion for release was filed by the Federal Penitentiary Service.

The public organization "Kabardino-Balkarian Regional Human Rights Center" appealed to the head of the republic Kazbek Kokov, as well as to members of the government and State Duma deputies from the KBR. Citizens called for the release of the detained participants of the march in Nalchik dedicated to the end of the Caucasian War.

A man who is believed to be a member of the detachment of field commanders Shamil Basayev and Khattab has been detained in the Kaitag district of Dagestan. He allegedly took part in military actions in the Botlikh district of the republic in 1999 during the second Russian-Chechen war.

On May 21, a rally was held in the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic in memory of the victims of the Caucasian War and those who died for the independence of the Circassian people. At least two thousand people took part in the action.