Georgia was not granted EU candidate status because it refused to join sanctions against Russia. This was announced by Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze. 

Ruslan Mesutov, a Crimean Tatar political prisoner, visited a lawyer in a prison in the Lipetsk region. He said that, since November 2022, a book sacred to Muslims, the Qur'an, had been confiscated from his trust.

The Supreme Court of Russia upheld the 11-year sentence of the native of Dagestan Yusup Omarov, finding him guilty of inducing him to commit a terrorist act. According to the lawyers, the criminal case was falsified and the prosecution witnesses are agents of the security forces. 

An air raid alert has been declared throughout Ukraine. Kyiv and the Kiev region, Kharkov, Sumy regions, and Kherson came under attack.

The village of Suzemka in the Bryansk region suffered from Ukrainian shelling. 4 people were killed, 2 more were injured.

The most popular destinations for holidays in May among Russians were Kaliningrad, Saint Petersburg and Dagestan. 

According to the survey of online booking service «Daily.ru», Dagestan and Kislovodsk along with Kaliningrad were also among the three most budget directions - up to 4000 rubles per day. 
Last year in the top 5 most popular places for May holidays included Caucasian Minvody, Archy, Elbrus.

Soon Russia will celebrate May 9 and hang Georgian ribbons on its chest. This military symbol has nothing to do with the Great Patriotic War, but it symbolizes the victory of the Tsarist army over the Highlanders in the Caucasian War. Such an explanation was given by the historian and political scientist Mairbek Vachagaev.

The Soviet District Court of Makhachkala ordered the arrest of a fourth policeman suspected of torture and murder of a local resident in the police department. Criminal proceedings were instituted against him for abuse of authority.

Apartments on the secondary market of Russia for the year rose by 8%, according to Rosstat. The cost of 1 square meter. meter on average for the country was 91 thousand rubles. 
The most expensive «meter» - in Moscow (304 thousand rubles), Krasnodar region (177 thousand rubles) and Saint Petersburg (174 thousand). The cheapest «secondary» - in Ingushetia (45 thousand rubles), Kurgan region (52 thousand) and Kabardino-Balkaria (54 thousand).

In 2022, the number of residents with mental disorders in Chechnya increased from 13 to 14,000. In Dagestan their number increased from 3,500 to 4,500. This is stated in the report of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.