French citizens Cécile Coler and Jacques Paris, previously convicted of espionage in Iran, were successfully evacuated thanks to a carefully planned operation in which Azerbaijan played a key role.

Despite a request from the Russian Prosecutor General's Office, a Croatian court decided not to extradite Magomed-Amin Gatagazhev, a native of Ingushetia, to Russia. The request, submitted in November 2025, concerned Gatagazhev's charges of terrorism and participation in illegal armed groups.

На фоне развернувшегося в Дагестане катастрофических масштабов стихийного бедствия, многие обратили внимание на высокопоставленного федерального чиновника, которого президент России Владимир Путин лично «вывел в свет»,  специально позвав на Совещание по вопросам ликвидации последствий паводков на территории региона, проведенное позавчера, 7 апреля, в онлайн-режиме.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has ruled that the Memorial public movement is an "extremist organization" and banned from operating in Russia. The lawsuit, filed by the Russian Ministry of Justice, was heard in a closed session classified as "top secret," and lawyers were not allowed to participate.

Adam Babatkhanov, a physician at a Moscow clinic and a native of Chechnya, whose video of a patient's xenophobic outburst sparked widespread controversy on social media, deleted the video shortly after it was posted. He explained his decision by citing his reluctance to "be the kind of person who fuels interethnic conflicts, or any conflict in general, even accidentally."

The trial of the "sixth Bakhchisaray group" of Crimean Tatars continued in the Southern District Military Court. The defense presented two witnesses who spoke favorably of the defendants, noting their active participation in social life and their service to others.

The investigation into the crash of a Turkish C-130 military aircraft on the Georgian-Azerbaijani border on November 11 of last year is ongoing. Experts from the Turkish Ministry of Defense found no traces of explosives in the wreckage.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, a court fined Alina Taismakulova and Asiyat Kaigermazova, residents of the Chereksky District. They were charged with organizing a mass rally. Police classified their actions as organizing a motor rally, which took place on March 28 as part of the Balkar Revival Day celebrations.

Chechnya's leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, commenting on online reports that "Chechen units are allegedly prepared to advance to Iran to repel an American ground attack," stated that "this could very well happen if Iran were only fighting the US and Israel" and not other Arab countries.

The Republic of Dagestan, experiencing one of the worst floods in the last century, is actively receiving aid from across Russia and beyond. Dozens of regions, organizations, and individuals have joined the humanitarian mission. The first to respond were regions neighboring Dagestan in the North Caucasus.