The Tbilisi Court of Appeal has rejected the appeal of Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov. He tried to appeal the decision to extradite him to Azerbaijan. The defense said that they are continuing legal actions to prevent the extradition of their client.

The Head of Karachay-Cherkessia Rashid Temrezov performed Umrah (minor hajj) in Saudi Arabia. He visited sacred places for Muslims together with the Mufti of the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic Muhammad Erkenov, the Chairman of the regional government Murat Argunov and his brother Teimuraz Temrezov (Deputy Chairman of the Stavropol regional court).

On May 9, military parades in honor of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War will be held, among other places, in three cities of the North Caucasus Federal District. These are Vladikavkaz, Kaspiysk, and Stavropol.

According to the results of 2024, the increase in the number of serious and especially serious crimes in Chechnya and the Karachay-Cherkess Republic was 21% - from 648 to 825 cases and from 1245 to 1583 cases, respectively.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan presented a report on the country's foreign policy. He described Armenia's relations with other states and unions.

The online publication "Baza" published a full transcript of the conversations between the crashed Azerbaijani Embraer airliner and dispatchers. From the black box data it follows that dispatchers recommended that the pilots land first in Grozny, then in Makhachkala, after which they offered data on other Russian airports. However, the crew of "Azerbaijan Airlines" independently decided to fly to Aktau.

The Chechens of Aukhov responded to their attempt to defend their rights with threats, and the disgruntled residents were eventually deported to Ukraine.

The Armenian Foreign Ministry summoned Russian Ambassador Sergey Kopyrkin and handed him a note of protest. The reason was the January 12 broadcast of the Russian program "Vesti Nedeli". According to Yerevan, "during the program, artificially generated narratives were voiced that were directed against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Armenia."

At night in the Georgian city of Batumi, in the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel, an attack was committed on the former Prime Minister of the country, the founder of the opposition party "For Georgia" Giorgi Gakharia. It is reported that the politician has a concussion and a broken nose.

A Moscow court has returned the case of 14-year-old Muslim Murdiev to the prosecutor. It turned out that the participants were not familiarized with the materials of the criminal case. This was reported by the Chechen Human Rights Commissioner Mansur Soltayev.