On May 23, a court in Grozny for the third time refused to recognize Salman Tepsurkaev’s widow Elizaveta B. as a victim in a criminal case in connection with his abduction. The investigation into his case has been suspended.

Moscow announced the complete capture of Bakhmut. Kyiv reports that fighting in Bakhmut continues.

The parliament of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh called on the former and current presidents of Armenia to condemn Nikol Pashinyan's statement on recognizing the republic as part of Azerbaijan.

The defense of the former senator from Karachay-Cherkessia, Rauf Arashukov, complained to the Prosecutor General's Office about the violation of the rights of a life-sentenced prisoner when reading the protocol of the court session.

The Armenian authorities will consider the extradition of Salman Mukayev, a native of Chechnya, to the Russian Federation. Russian law enforcement officers opened a criminal case against him for illegal possession of ammunition.

In the global rating of mobile Internet speed Speedtest Global Index, Azerbaijan is on the 58th line with an indicator of 39.12 Mbps. Georgia was in 68th place with an access speed of 31.84 Mbps, and Armenia - in 80th (26.25 Mbps).

The US State Department again reminded Georgian companies serving Russian airlines at Tbilisi and Kutaisi airports of possible sanctions.

Courts in Buynaksk and Makhachkala imposed fines of 30,000 rubles on Magomed Saidbegov and Shamil Dzhabrailov for anti-war statements.

The Nalchik City Court, and then the Supreme Court of the KBR, rejected the complaint of Pavel Ulibegov, who in March went on a solo picket at the entrance to the Government House of the Republic.

On May 22, 2001, at about 2 pm, the Russian military, using weapons, committed a robbery attack on the building of the Ministry of Education of the Chechen Republic, located on Pobedy Avenue in Grozny.