In the Ukrainian Melitopol, controlled by the Russian army, fighters of the Chechen battalion "Akhmat-Vostok" beat up Russian soldiers who asked them for documents at a checkpoint, also threatening to use weapons.

In Tbilisi and Yerevan, emigrants from Russia and local residents held actions against the country's military invasion of Ukraine, as well as against political repression in the Russian Federation.

The Supreme Court of North Ossetia terminated the administrative case against local resident Eduard Kerashvili, whom security forces accused of discrediting the army. The court actually refused to allow the leadership of the Center for the Investigation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to consider the case due to the lack of corpus delicti.

Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan have the lowest crime rates among Russian regions, according to the RIA Novosti rating. Thus, in Chechnya the number of crimes per 10 thousand inhabitants in 2023 was only 14.6. In Ingushetia and Dagestan – 40 and 43. Also in the top ten are Adygea, KBR and Karachay-Cherkessia.

The number of mine victims in Karabakh has reached 342 people. Everyone should put pressure on Armenia to get accurate information about the landmine maps. This is stated in the publication of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan.

“Crimean Solidarity” activists from Bakhchisaray Seydamet Mustafayev, Eldar Yakubov, Abdulmedzhit Seitumerov, Ruslan Asanov, Ametkhan Umerov and Remzi Nimetulaev were left in pre-trial detention until April 22. This decision was made by the Kiev District Court in Simferopol.

Armenia topped the list of the most popular travel destinations for Russians in 2023 with a booking share of almost 18%.

A criminal case was opened against a resident of the Ryazan region, Maxim M., for the “rehabilitation of Nazism” (Part 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). He faces up to five years in prison for “disrespect” for the holidays of February 23 and May 9.

On January 20, 2022, police officers from Chechnya arrived in Nizhny Novgorod and took Zarema Musaeva away. After being taken to Grozny, she was accused of using violence against a police officer. According to investigators, the woman scratched his face.

The seal population in the Caspian Sea is not only in critical condition, but has crossed the red line, after which it is unlikely to be restored in the near future. So says Alimurad Gadzhiev, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor at the Institute of Ecology and Sustainable Development of DSU.