The Russian Federation shelled a village in the Lugansk region. Three people were killed, one was injured.

About 35,000 people visited the Republican iftar in Dagestan. The Republic of Iftar visited the city. The largest collective dispersal in the region in the month of Ramadan was organized at the fountain in Nizami Ganjavi Park in Derbent.

Criminal proceedings were instituted against a 40-year-old resident of Tidib village, Shamil district, Dagestan, for the dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Russian Armed Forces (art. 207.3, para. 1).

In 2022, compared to 2021, the number of unemployed in Ingushetia decreased by 8.1 per cent. This is the 3rd place in the country on this indicator, as reported by RIA «Rating».

Five natives of Chechnya who had left Russia because of their unwillingness to participate in the war against Ukraine had been denied refugee status and international protection in Croatia. 
Citizens of the Russian Federation remain in the center for migrants, from where they can be both released for travel to another country and deported to Moscow.

Armenia stops re-export of goods to Russia. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan demanded that the tax and customs services close the channels of circumvention of anti-Russian sanctions. This is written by the publication Hraparak. 

On April 16, Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov, one of the most famous critics of Ramzan Kadyrov, living in Europe, stated on his YouTube channel that he faked his own death after he became aware of the impending assassination attempt. The video post was published under the title “Operation Sucker.”

On Easter, the occupiers shelled a church in the Ukrainian city of Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region. Two people were injured.

On the eve of the next exchange of prisoners of war between Russia and Ukraine. Five Chechen soldiers returned to Grozny. The head of Chechnya, Kadyrov, refused to meet with them, expressing doubts about their honour.

According to the police, a video showing the burning of the Koran was filmed in the Eastern District of Moscow. The General Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that a criminal case has been initiated.