On May 17, 2001, 13 local residents were detained during “cleansing operations” in the Vedeno district, 11 of them were released in the following days. Three did not return home, including a young woman. All the “disappeared” are natives of the village of Dyshne-Vedeno.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said that the Ukrainian army recaptured a dozen positions near Bakhmut and captured many Russian soldiers from various units.

Eyewitnesses spotted former policeman Vadim Tekhov on the streets of Vladikavkaz. In 2019, he was sentenced to 16 years for the murder of his ex-wife. However, in the fall of 2022, the killer was released to participate in the war against Ukraine as part of the Wagner PMC.

The European Court of Human Rights has published judgments in the cases of three Azerbaijani journalists and a religious activist, ruling to pay them compensation. They complained about the groundlessness of their detention.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan noted at the Council of Europe summit in Reykjavik (Iceland) that large-scale attacks on the democratic institutions of Armenia began after the signing of a tripartite statement on Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020 with the participation of Russia and Azerbaijan.

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunya Mijatović expressed concern about the situation in the field of human rights in Azerbaijan. She called unacceptable the ongoing pressure and persecution of journalists, human rights activists and representatives of civil society.

The security forces seized almost 400 barrels from underground gunsmiths in 44 regions, including Dagestan, Ingushetia, KBR and Stavropol. In particular, 399 firearms of domestic and foreign production were seize.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Murmansk arrested for two months Shamil Aliev-Gasanov, a 19-year-old native of Dagestan, accused of setting fire to the regional military enlistment office. He was charged with committing a terrorist act (Part 1 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code)

After a long time, human rights activists cooperating with the "Public Verdict" fund managed to get medical assistance to a native of Ingushetia, Abdul-Malik Albagachiev. He was kept under torture conditions in colony No. 10 of Astrakhan.

The Fifth Court of Cassation upheld a fine of 50 thousand rubles for stand-up comic Ariana Lolaeva for an anti-war post. This was reported by the Center for the Protection of Human Rights "Memorial".