In April, the price per square meter in new buildings rose the most in Sochi (+7.4%). An increase was also noted in Volzhsky (+6.1%), Grozny (+5.5%), Makhachkala (+5%) and other cities. This is reported by specialists of the federal portal "World of Apartments".

In Chechnya, the mortgage rate reached 11.4% in March. This is the highest figure in the country according to the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. In second place was Karachay-Cherkessia - 9.8%.

The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan reported that its serviceman was seriously injured as a result of intensive shelling from Armenia in the Zod direction (Sotk, Gegharkunik region). The number of Armenian soldiers wounded in battles has grown to four, and there is no threat to their lives.

105 years ago, on May 11, the independence of the North Caucasus was proclaimed - the Mountain Republic appeared.

A series of rallies took place in Tbilisi against the resumption of air communication with Russia and the abolition of visas between the countries. The day before, the head of the opposition United National Movement party, Khabeishvili, called on people to come out to the building of the country's Foreign Ministry.

The Grozny garrison military court sentenced Abdulla Busazhev to two years in a penal colony. He was found guilty under Art. 337 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (unauthorized leaving the place of service during the period of mobilization).

Today, Russian domestic tourism is experiencing a boom due to various restrictions preventing external tourism, as well as due to the implementation of a national project aimed at developing tourism in Russian regions. This project started even before the pandemic and the international isolation of the country.

Yevgeny Prigozhin said that the fighters of the Wagner PMC never received the ammunition promised by the Ministry of Defense.
The military court of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky sentenced a serviceman who refused to participate in the war in Ukraine to 2.5 years in a penal colony.

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili called on the authorities to convene the Security Council to discuss the visa regime for Russians who come and stay in Georgia, as well as to consider the introduction of three-month visas.

From May 15, the visa regime for Georgian citizens entering the Russian Federation and leaving the Russian Federation will be canceled. In addition, the President of the Russian Federation lifted the ban for Russian airlines on flights to this country.