On the occasion of International Labor Day, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that the peace established between Azerbaijan and Armenia opens new prospects for investment, entrepreneurship, economics, and education.

On the night of May 1, a memorial plaque dedicated to Dzhokhar Dudayev, the first president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, was stolen in Lviv. Radio Liberty's Ukrainian Service reported this, citing Yevhen Boyko, head of the Lviv City Council executive committee.

Dagestan's head, Sergei Melikov, is moving to another position. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced this during a meeting in the Kremlin with representatives of the republic's People's Assembly.

The Armenian newspaper Hraparak reported that Russia is developing new sanctions against Armenia in response to Yerevan's "anti-Russian actions." These actions include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's possible visit to the Yerevan summit on May 4-5.