More than 32,000 residents of Dagestan affected by the spring floods have received financial assistance, according to the press service of the regional branch of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

This year, Eid al-Adha is celebrated from May 27th. From this date until May 29th, holidays have been declared in Dagestan, Chechnya, and Ingushetia. One day off, May 27th, has been designated in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia.

On May 26, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio made a short visit to Armenia en route from India. The US Secretary of State's plane stayed at Yerevan's Zvartnots Airport for about an hour, but during this time, the two sides signed a package of documents that Yerevan is already calling historic.

Appeals proceedings for the former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh are beginning in Baku. They previously received prison sentences in Azerbaijan, including life imprisonment.

Following the spring floods in Chechnya, more than a thousand residential buildings and dozens of social facilities need to be restored. Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Shaptukayev announced this at a meeting of the government's emergency commission in Moscow.

The Khasavyurt City Court of Dagestan has issued a verdict against police officers Shamil Aliyev and Ramazan Saypulayev, as well as operational commissioner Maya Akhmedova. Their case concerned accusations of torture and fabricated criminal charges against Yulduz Kurashova, according to the "Team Against Torture."

On the night of May 26, opposition journalist Afgan Sadigov posted a video message from Baku airport, claiming that authorities had prevented him from leaving Azerbaijan.

Georgia celebrates Independence Day on May 26. 108 years ago, in 1918, Georgia's democratic government declared independence from the Russian Empire.

A court in Cherkessk (Karabakh-Cherkess Republic) fined Jamal Bostanov three thousand rubles. The local resident was found guilty of distributing materials deemed extremist (Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation).

The Armenian publication ZARTNIR.MEDIA reported today on alleged documents from Russian intelligence agencies regarding the upcoming June 7 elections in Armenia and a possible change of power in the country. The authors of the publication claim that the documents were obtained after hacking the phone of a Russian intelligence officer. There is currently no independent confirmation of the authenticity of the materials.