The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced a serviceman named Zakoroev to five years in prison. He was accused of leaving his unit without permission.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia denied information circulated in the media about searches in the office of the head of the department Mikhail Korobkin. Earlier it was reported that searches were conducted at the head of the republican Ministry of Internal Affairs in connection with the theft of 1.2 billion.

The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly adopted a resolution "On Supporting Democracy and OSCE Values ​​in Georgia", in which it expressed concern over the violations revealed during last year's parliamentary elections and the subsequent deterioration of democratic processes in the country. Both official Tbilisi and the country's opposition responded to the document.

Five employees of the Russian agency Sputnik Azerbaijan with citizenship of this country were released on bail. Russian citizens, the head of the publication Igor Kartavykh and the editor-in-chief Yevgeny Belousov remain under arrest.

The average nominal salary in the North Caucasus Federal District in the period from January to April 2025 amounted to 51.3 thousand rubles. This is 13% more than in the same period last year, according to Rosstat data.

Diplomatic tensions are growing between Russia and Azerbaijan amid the high-profile deaths of the Safarov brothers after being tortured by FSB officers. It all began on June 27 in Yekaterinburg – the city saw mass detentions and arrests of people from Azerbaijan in connection with the 2001-2011 contract killings. Two key suspects died after being detained, with signs of brutal beatings found on their bodies. For more details, watch our video.

Access to Azerbaijani news sites has been restricted in Russia. It is noted that problems with access are observed in Moscow, Astrakhan, Volgograd, St. Petersburg, Vologda, Chelyabinsk and other regions.

On May 2, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published its annual report on global press freedom. For the first time since 2002, when the annual ranking began, the press freedom situation was rated as difficult worldwide. The report's authors believe economic pressure is the main factor behind the global decline in the Press Freedom Index.

On the night of May 1, the Russian army struck Ukraine with five Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 170 drones of various types. The Odessa, Kharkiv, Sumy, Donetsk, and Kyiv regions were damaged. In Odessa, two people were killed and 15 were injured. Several fires broke out, and multi-story residential and private buildings, a supermarket, a school, and cars were

On June 27, in Yekaterinburg, officers from the FSB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Russian National Guard conducted a joint raid on apartments housing Azerbaijanis. Two of those detained during the raid—brothers Ziyaddin and Huseyn Safarov—died from beatings, sparking a diplomatic conflict between Russia and Azerbaijan.