On May 22, 2001, at about 2 pm, the Russian military, using weapons, committed a robbery attack on the building of the Ministry of Education of the Chechen Republic, located on Pobedy Avenue in Grozny.

Crimean Tatar Remzi Memetov, sentenced to 9 years and serving a term in a Russian penal colony in Stavropol, was visited by relatives.

On May 22, the Supreme Court of Adygea approved the verdict against 39-year-old Igor Korotkov, who was found guilty under the criminal “article on fakes” (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation”).

The Garadagh District Court of Baku sentenced Zamin Salayev, an activist of the opposition Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, to four years in prison.

The Russian army struck the Dnepropetrovsk region, wounding at least eight people.

Armenia is ready to recognize the territory of Azerbaijan, which includes Nagorno-Karabakh. This was stated by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

In Nalchik, despite the bans, a procession was held in memory of those killed in the Russian-Caucasian war. Mourning events are dedicated to her 159th anniversary.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that the CSTO mission does not operate on the territory of the country, since the organization does not fix the limits of the border of the republic.

In Chechnya, for the period from January to April 2023, 497 thousand square meters were put into operation. m of housing. This is half as much as in the same period last year. This was reported by Severo-Kavkazstat.

On May 22, the Central District Court of Volgograd chose a preventive measure for 19-year-old student Nikita Zhuravel, who admitted that he had burned the Koran. The investigation of the criminal case and the person under investigation was transferred to Chechnya.