On May 6, North Ossetian leader Sergei Menyailo appointed Yuriy Abayev, a former Russian army officer and veteran of the war in Ukraine, as the republic's Minister of Labor and Social Protection. The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense considers him a war criminal due to his soldiers' involvement in the execution of Ukrainian soldiers.

On the afternoon of May 5, a traffic police patrol was attacked in Makhachkala. Two police officers and one of the attackers were killed. Five people, including bystanders, were wounded. Investigators later reported that the militants' actions were coordinated from abroad.

On May 3, Karachay-Cherkessia celebrated the Day of Revival of the Karachay People – the 68th anniversary of the return of the Karachays to their homeland, exiled during the mass deportation of November 1943. This year, the holiday was combined with celebrations marking Victory Day.

On May 6, in the town of Kamenskovo in the Vladimir region, a mass brawl broke out between Ingush nationals staying at the 777 Hotel and local residents. Video of the brawl went viral on social media, causing widespread controversy.

Employees of the Main Directorate of Internal Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation conducted searches in the office of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia Mikhail Korobkin. The investigative actions were carried out as part of a criminal case on the multi-billion-dollar theft of funds intended for the work of the department.

State Secretary of Dagestan Magomed-Sultan Magomedov, recently accused of illegally privatizing the state fuel association Kaspetrolservis, has been officially dismissed from his post. He is under a written undertaking not to leave.

In Stavropol Krai, two men from Dagestan were sentenced to real prison terms for warming their feet at the Eternal Flame.

The Supreme Court of Russia has granted the claim of the Investigative Committee and ordered the arrest of former Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic Murat Efendiyev. He has been abroad since last year.

A bust of Joseph Stalin was doused with paint in the Bashkir village of Amirovo.

The absolute majority of young people in Kabardino-Balkaria are completely satisfied with their lives. This was stated at a meeting in the government of the republic by the Minister of Youth Affairs Azamat Lyuev, referring to a certain survey.