Житель села Сержень-Юрт Шалинского района Чечни Исмаил Мухадиев умер после похищения и пыток в полиции. Об этом сообщило оппозиционное движение Niyso, а также правозащитная ассоциация «Вайфонд».

Crimean Solidarity activists from Bakhchisarai Seidamet Mustafayev, Eldar Yakubov, Abdulmedzhit Seytumerov, Ruslan Asanov, Ametkhan Umerov and Remzi Nimetulayev were again left in pretrial detention until May 23, 2025. This decision was made by the Southern Military Court in Rostov.

Speaking at the Atlantic Council in Washington, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan noted that it was possible to agree on sensitive topics in the draft peace treaty with Azerbaijan, and "this is the cornerstone of future peace."

In January 2025, Russian far-right groups committed 118 attacks. This was reported by the NVMP (Nazi Video Monitoring Project), which collects video evidence of hate crimes published by Russian far-right groups in Telegram channels. The overwhelming majority of attacks (91), according to the source, were motivated by racism. In 7 cases, the motive was religious hatred: the attackers slashed the tires of cars with Islamic stickers and smashed the windows of halal food stalls.

The Kazakhstan Transport Ministry has published a preliminary report on the investigation into the crash of the Embraer 190 passenger airliner of Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL). The document states that before the impact with the ground, the aircraft received through and non-through damage of various shapes. Some of them (having a regular rectangular shape) could have been caused by "external objects that penetrated the aircraft components." As part of the investigation, foreign objects found in the fin and stabilizer area were removed for further analysis.

A court in Stavropol will re-examine the Investigative Committee's motion to reopen a criminal case on an attempt on the lives of security officials and illegal arms trafficking. The name of the defendant is not indicated in the materials - it could be a native of Chechnya, Magomed Abubakarov.

Crimean Tatar political prisoner Servet Gaziyev, 64, sentenced to 13 years, disappeared during transfer. In early December 2024, Gaziyev told his sister by phone that he would soon be transferred from Vladimir Central to a maximum security penal colony, but his relatives have not been able to contact him for over a month.

A resident of the Magaramkent district of Dagestan, Badirkhan Makiev, was sentenced to five years in prison. He was found guilty of leaving his unit without permission.

In the United States, at a meeting with members of the Save Armenia organization, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that the country gained independence after losing Karabakh in 2020 in the war with Azerbaijan.

In the colony No. 9 of Petrozavodsk, the Crimean Tatar activist Rustem Seytkhalilov, sentenced to 14 years, is not allowed to perform morning prayer. This was reported on the Facebook page of the human rights organization "Crimean Solidarity".