The command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reports the retreat of the Russian 72nd motorized rifle brigade near Bakhmut. Yevgeny Prigozhin fears encirclement of the Wagnerites due to their exposed flanks.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked targets in the Bryansk and Kursk regions, local authorities claim.

Vladimir Putin's decision to cancel Russian visas for Georgian citizens and restore flights is political compensation for Tbilisi's refusal to impose sanctions on Moscow over its attack on Ukraine. This was reported in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, in their responses to human rights activists, said that the Circassians who suffered from the earthquake in Turkey have the right to obtain Russian citizenship on a general basis. There are no grounds for returning them to Russia and obtaining citizenship in a simplified manner.

In April, the price per square meter in new buildings rose the most in Sochi (+7.4%). An increase was also noted in Volzhsky (+6.1%), Grozny (+5.5%), Makhachkala (+5%) and other cities. This is reported by specialists of the federal portal "World of Apartments".

In Chechnya, the mortgage rate reached 11.4% in March. This is the highest figure in the country according to the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. In second place was Karachay-Cherkessia - 9.8%.

The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan reported that its serviceman was seriously injured as a result of intensive shelling from Armenia in the Zod direction (Sotk, Gegharkunik region). The number of Armenian soldiers wounded in battles has grown to four, and there is no threat to their lives.

105 years ago, on May 11, the independence of the North Caucasus was proclaimed - the Mountain Republic appeared.

A series of rallies took place in Tbilisi against the resumption of air communication with Russia and the abolition of visas between the countries. The day before, the head of the opposition United National Movement party, Khabeishvili, called on people to come out to the building of the country's Foreign Ministry.

The Grozny garrison military court sentenced Abdulla Busazhev to two years in a penal colony. He was found guilty under Art. 337 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (unauthorized leaving the place of service during the period of mobilization).

Today, Russian domestic tourism is experiencing a boom due to various restrictions preventing external tourism, as well as due to the implementation of a national project aimed at developing tourism in Russian regions. This project started even before the pandemic and the international isolation of the country.