A ceremonial unveiling of a bust of Joseph Stalin took place at the Dagdizel Plant JSC in Kaspiysk. The event was timed to coincide with the May 9th holiday. In 2025, a memorial plaque in Stalin's honor was unveiled at the plant, and the plant square was named after him.

Sai-Akhmed Visangiriyev, a Chechen native who was tortured and subjected to rights abuses in correctional facilities in the Vladimir region, was allowed to hold an extended meeting with his family.

Azerbaijani parliament member Vasif Gafarov proposed renaming all streets in the country with Soviet-era names.

The new acting head of Dagestan, Fyodor Shchukin, has decided to dismiss the entire republican government. Magomed Ramazanov, who served as deputy presidential plenipotentiary representative in the Far Eastern Federal District and has experience with the FSB, was previously appointed to the vacant position of chairman of the regional government by presidential decree.