On May 9, in the village of Shin-Mer in Kalmykia, a memorial was opened to the indigenous residents of the Bagshin-Shebener clan, who became victims of the mass deportation of Kalmyks in 1943.
The words are carved on the memorial stone: “To the Bagshin-Shebenerites who went through the horror of Stalin’s repressions on Siberian soil in 1943-1957. And it’s scary to remember, and it’s impossible to forget...”

The Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that the Russian army is using phosphorus bombs in Bakhmut.
At night, an air raid alert was declared throughout Ukraine. In Odessa, a warehouse containing humanitarian aid was destroyed as a result of a missile attack.

Despite the presence of three minor children and failure to pass the medical examination, many residents of Dagestan were mobilized for the war against Ukraine. In particular, Saiputdin Salakhov, who had three minor children, from the Buynaksky district, and Sabir Khidirov, from Derbent, were sent to fight. They were given a delay, but the courts found the decisions of the military enlistment offices to be lawful.

A fine of 5,000 rubles was imposed by the Kizilyurt City Court of Dagestan on a local resident, Rukiyat Kurbanova. She was found guilty of inciting hatred and enmity towards government officials because of comments on Instagram. According to her, the security forces killed her son.

Kyiv was attacked by kamikaze drones "Shahed", the Odessa region - by X-22 missiles. There is destruction, no casualties reported. Six people were wounded during the shelling of Balakleya and Nikopol.
The Russian FSB announced that it had prevented a drone attack with explosives on a military airfield in the Ivanovo region.

The proportion of the population of Georgia who believes that one should be proud of Joseph Stalin (Dzhugaashvili) has decreased to 37%. 

The court in Moscow arrested for 10 days activist from Derbent Ulker Gashimova on the article about defiance of the demand of a representative of the authorities when crossing the state border. Earlier, she tried to fly abroad from the airport Sheremetyevo.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed an order pardoning 801 people. It is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of former President Heydar Aliyev.

Artur Taibov, a resident of Dagestan Derbent, was brought to administrative responsibility for distributing songs of the Chechen bard «Vkontakte» in the social network.

On May 7, the online publication Kavkaz.Realii reported on another fine for distributing extremist materials. Derbent resident Artur Taibov was fined 1 thousand by the court for posting a song by Chechen bard Timur Mutsuraev on social networks.