VTsIOM conducted a sociological study, which showed that the highest level of happiness in Russia - residents of the North Caucasus (7.21 points). On the second place of the rating - the Southern District (7.1), on the third - Volga (6.8). 

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan arrived at the memorial complex "Tsitsernakaberd" accompanied by President Vahagn Khachaturyan, Speaker of Parliament Alain Simonyan, ministers and other officials. They laid wreaths at the memorial and flowers at the Eternal Fire.

In 2022, the number of HIV cases detected in Dagestan increased from 316 to 378 in comparison with 2021. In KSR - from 58 to 70, in Ingushetia - from 44 to 60.
The number of confirmed cases also increased in North Ossetia and CBD from 137 to 158 and from 203 to 219. 

Earlier, Russia was among the five countries with the highest rate of HIV infection in 2021.

On 21 April 1996, the President of the Chechen Republic, Jokhar Dudayev, was assassinated by the Russian military in a land-based missile strike.

Uraza Bayram is one of the two main days in the Muslim calendar. It is celebrated on the first day of the month following the sacred month «Ramadan». «Id mubarak» - this is how believers greet each other on the day of the end of fasting, which means congratulating with a blessed holiday.

The tourism and hospitality industry in the North Caucasus is experiencing difficulties with personnel: one vacancy now has no more than two candidates, which indicates a shortage of personnel. 

In the Chechen Republic, 3.3% of the adult population smokes. This is the lowest rate among all regions of the country, according to Rosstat. The inhabitants of Ingushetia (4 per cent) and Dagestan (6 per cent) are also the least susceptible to addiction. Experts named Altai (34.2 per cent of the adult population smokes), Sakhalin (33.5 per cent), Magadan (31.9 per cent), Nenets Autonomous Region (30.4 per cent) and Komi (29.6 per cent) as the most smoking regions in the country. 
 

In connection with the celebration of Uraz-Bayram, the authorities of Dagestan declared April 20 and 21 as non-working days.

On April 16, Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov, one of the most famous critics of Ramzan Kadyrov, living in Europe, stated on his YouTube channel that he faked his own death after he became aware of the impending assassination attempt. The video post was published under the title “Operation Sucker.”

According to the police, a video showing the burning of the Koran was filmed in the Eastern District of Moscow. The General Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that a criminal case has been initiated.