In Paris, they are hysterically looking for a place for a new New Caledonia, choosing between Georgia and Armenia. If France can free anyone, it is the Kanaks from the French yoke. This is what Russian Foreign Ministry representative Zakharova wrote in her TG channel.

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan sent a telegram of condolences to the spiritual leader of Iran Ali Khamenei in connection with the death of the country's President Ebrahim Raisi and the delegation accompanying him. The Armenian prime minister wished strength and perseverance to the government and people of Iran.

30-year-old resident of the city of Shali Abdulla Magomadov died from torture in the police department after being kidnapped along with dozens of other citizens of the republic. This was reported by opposition blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov and telegram channels 1ADAT and NIYSO.

Near the parliament building in Tbilisi, protesters burned the flags of the Russian Federation and the ruling Georgian Dream party. The participants again opposed the adoption of the law on foreign agents, which is called pro-Russian.

May 18 has been declared the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Crimean Tatar Genocide. On this day in 1944, a criminal operation began in the USSR to forcibly evict the Crimean Tatars from their historical homeland to Central Asia.

In different regions of Chechnya, security forces kidnapped several dozen residents. This was reported by the Memorial Human Rights Protection Center.

The FSB reported the liquidation of a Russian serviceman in Karachay-Cherkessia. According to the intelligence services, he was associated with ISIS (a banned terrorist organization) and was preparing terrorist attacks.

The Memorial human rights project recognized Abubakar Rizvanov, a native of Dagestan, and Kemal Tambiev from the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic as political prisoners. Their charitable activities in Dagestan were regarded as support for terrorism, and in September 2023 the men were sentenced to 18 and 17.5 years in a maximum security colony, respectively.

During long protests in Tbilisi against the government's adoption of a law on foreign agents, the police actively used violence not only against protesters, but also against journalists. This was stated by the international organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Elkhan Aliyev, a member of the opposition Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, is holding a dry hunger strike in prison, demanding an end to his criminal prosecution. According to his wife, the man is receiving death threats on behalf of the prison management.