The international human rights organization Amnesty International in a letter addressed to the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev called for the release of economist and political activist Gubad Ibadoglu.

After a myocardial infarction occurred in the prison of Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk region, Crimean Tatar Rustem Seitmemetov was operated on in a local hospital. He lost consciousness after being quarantined in a cold cell.

A complaint was filed with the cassation court in defense of a native of Ingushetia, Daud Mamilov, who was sentenced to 8 years on charges of involvement in the activities of the “Islamic State” (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation).

Targeted sanctions from Western countries are urgently needed in relation to the pro-Russian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili and his entourage from the ruling Georgian Dream party. Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili stated this in an interview with Newsweek.

Residents of Ingushetia will receive an average salary of 100 thousand rubles only after 18 years. This is the last place for this indicator in the Russian Federation, according to the RIA Novosti rating.

In Paris, they are hysterically looking for a place for a new New Caledonia, choosing between Georgia and Armenia. If France can free anyone, it is the Kanaks from the French yoke. This is what Russian Foreign Ministry representative Zakharova wrote in her TG channel.

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan sent a telegram of condolences to the spiritual leader of Iran Ali Khamenei in connection with the death of the country's President Ebrahim Raisi and the delegation accompanying him. The Armenian prime minister wished strength and perseverance to the government and people of Iran.

30-year-old resident of the city of Shali Abdulla Magomadov died from torture in the police department after being kidnapped along with dozens of other citizens of the republic. This was reported by opposition blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov and telegram channels 1ADAT and NIYSO.

Near the parliament building in Tbilisi, protesters burned the flags of the Russian Federation and the ruling Georgian Dream party. The participants again opposed the adoption of the law on foreign agents, which is called pro-Russian.

May 18 has been declared the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Crimean Tatar Genocide. On this day in 1944, a criminal operation began in the USSR to forcibly evict the Crimean Tatars from their historical homeland to Central Asia.