Residents of several villages in Russia’s Republic of Dagestan affected by severe spring flooding say they have struggled to obtain compensation for damaged homes, with many claiming they secured payments only after appealing to prosecutors, commissioning independent expert assessments and requesting new inspections, the independent outlet Kavkazsky Uzel reported. Regional authorities have acknowledged that about 2,000 compensation claims initially rejected were later approved following appeals.

Italy has put forward a proposal to establish migrant return hubs outside the European Union at an emergency meeting of EU interior ministers, with Armenia previously identified as one of the potential host countries. Yerevan, however, says it has received no such proposal, and the ministers concluded their talks without announcing any decision to create a return hub in Armenia.

Rauf Arashukov, a former senator from Russia's Karachay-Cherkessia republic who is serving a life sentence, has announced a hunger strike at the Black Dolphin maximum-security penal colony in Russia's Orenburg region.

The health of four Crimean Tatar political prisoners from the Seytumerov family, currently held in Russian detention facilities, continues to deteriorate. According to the Office of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, they are not receiving necessary medical care despite serious health issues.

The Committee for the Protection of the Rights of Ali Karimli, leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, has reported a continued deterioration in his conditions in the pretrial detention center. According to the politician's allies, for the past two months, he has been living in conditions that effectively deprive him of the opportunity to sleep normally, communicate with his family, and receive information.

Police in Russia's North Ossetia have launched an inquiry following a campaign of online harassment targeting women through the Telegram channel Kavkazskaya Obshchina ("Caucasian Community"). The channel's administrators published women's personal information, insulted them and issued threats of violence over behaviour they claimed violated Caucasian traditions. 

Germany's decision to deport Chechen-born Muslim Alkhazov despite claims by his legal team that his family has been persecuted has sparked renewed concern among Chechen human rights advocates and members of the diaspora across Europe. They argue that the case could signal an emerging shift in how European authorities assess asylum claims filed by people from Chechnya.

Georgian authorities have denied international protection to 17 Ukrainian citizens who have spent nearly a year in the basement of the Dariali border crossing point (Upper Lars) on the Georgia–Russia border. Once the decisions take legal effect, they could be deported at any moment.

The international organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the sentences handed down to staff members of the Azerbaijani YouTube channel Toplum TV, describing them as further evidence of the persecution of independent journalists in the country.

In North Ossetia, a debate over the limits of acceptable public behaviour has escalated into online harassment, the publication of women's personal information, and threats of violence. Members of the group Kavkazskaya Obshchina ("Caucasian Community") describe their activities as a defence of national dignity against cultural decline and assimilation. Critics, however, argue that the group has assumed the right to judge, humiliate and punish others on behalf of an entire people.