Twenty-five residents of the village of Alkhan Kala, Grozny district, who were taken from their homes in January by the security forces to an unknown location, are being held in the Grozny remand centre. This was reported by the Human Rights Center «Memorial».

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) asked the French authorities to postpone the extradition to Russia of the native of Chechnya Bouvaisar T.  Earlier, the French court in Nice decided to deport the man at the request of Russia through Interpol. The Prosecutor General’s Office guarantees a fair trial.

On the third day, a hunger strike by Chechen refugees in a migrant camp in Croatia continues. They have been held incommunicado for six months and have been extended for another three months. Refugees complain of bad treatment by the camp administration.

Sultan Hamzaev, a deputy of the Duma from Dagestan, proposed to remove English from the school curriculum.
It is necessary to leave the pro-Western vector in the education system of Russia and to deduce English from the list of mandatory. Where in the educational program of the USA or the UK Russian language? Why? When there is such a big world as China, Saudi Arabia, Latin America and India», - said Hamzaev. According to the latest census, 17,600 Russians consider Chinese as their mother tongue.

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan arrived at the memorial complex "Tsitsernakaberd" accompanied by President Vahagn Khachaturyan, Speaker of Parliament Alain Simonyan, ministers and other officials. They laid wreaths at the memorial and flowers at the Eternal Fire.

In Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region, 3 people were injured as a result of a Russian drone attack. In the Kherson region, two women were wounded during shelling and 25 private residential buildings were damaged.

In 2022, the number of HIV cases detected in Dagestan increased from 316 to 378 in comparison with 2021. In KSR - from 58 to 70, in Ingushetia - from 44 to 60.
The number of confirmed cases also increased in North Ossetia and CBD from 137 to 158 and from 203 to 219. 

Earlier, Russia was among the five countries with the highest rate of HIV infection in 2021.

The highest price of gasoline of the 92nd grade in the Russian Federal District was found in Chechnya - an average of 50 rubles per liter.

On April 24, the Leninsky District Court of Vladikavkaz will hold a preliminary hearing of the new examination of the «Tskaev case», closed to the press. On 7 March, the Fifth Court of Cassation reversed the decision of the Leninsky District Court of Vladikavkaz and returned the case to consideration.

Russian troops shell the Zaporozhye and Kharkov regions. 1 person was killed, 2 were injured.