The President of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan signed a law on the start of the country's accession process to the European Union. Earlier, the Russian authorities have repeatedly stated that such an intention means Yerevan's withdrawal from the EAEU.

Буйнакский районный суд признал виновным в публичных призывах к экстремистской деятельности местного жителя Абдулкерима Арсланалиева. Его приговорили к полутора годам условно, а также на два года запретили администрировать сайты, форумы и группы в соцсетях.

In the Crimean village of Zemlyanichnoye (Ortalan), searches were conducted in four houses of Crimean Tatars. They were conducted under the pretext of searching for weapons and banned books.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced Adam Tsyzdoev to five years. He was found guilty of unauthorized abandonment of his place of service during mobilization.

The Kiev District Court of Simferopol has extended the detention of Abibulla Smedlyaev, Bakhtiyar Ablaev, Rustem Mustafaev, Mirzali Tazhibaev and Emir Kurtnezirov until July 4. The defense objected to this measure of restraint, claiming that the investigation had no real grounds. However, the court did not take into account the lawyers' arguments.

Eight residents of Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria were fined 2,000 rubles for disrespecting the Russian anthem. Administrative protocols were drawn up against them under Article 17.10 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the procedure for the official use of state symbols of the Russian Federation).

The Chechen Human Rights Commissioner Mansur Soltayev called on the prosecutor's office and law enforcement agencies to pay attention to the problem of inciting ethnic discord. He notes that this is especially often observed on social networks by nationalists in relation to North Caucasians.

Brussels criticized the repressive laws and amendments recently adopted by the Georgian parliament, which was effectively formed by the ruling party. This primarily concerns the so-called "direct copy" of the American FARA, which replaced the "Russian" version of the law "On Transparency of Foreign Influence", as well as amendments to the law "On Broadcasting".

The hearing on the criminal case of disruption of the colony's activities against Zarema Musayeva continued in the Shali City Court of Chechnya. According to the investigation, she, being seriously ill, attacked FSIN employee Bekbulatov and scratched his neck. It is noteworthy that he did not ask the defendant a single question in court.

As of the end of March 2025, the volume of multi-apartment housing under construction in the North Caucasus Federal District increased by 26% over the year. The figure amounted to 4.3 million sq. m. At the same time, in Russia as a whole, it increased by 6% - to 114.8 million sq. m. This was reported by Ekaterina Vlasova, Deputy Head of the DOM.RF Analytical Center.