On May 16, unmanned aerial vehicles attacked the Nevinnomyssk Azot chemical plant in Stavropol Krai. A massive fire broke out at the facility.

Marina Akhmedova, a member of the Presidential Human Rights Council from Dagestan, a former journalist who once wrote sympathetic reports from Ukraine, now one of the most rabid propagandists of the war, and editor-in-chief of the publication Regnum, has once again expressed outrage over the performance of "public prayer" – this time by a Muslim from Central Asia.

At the 135th session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, held in Moldova, Georgian Foreign Minister Maka Bochorishvili presented her vision of the challenges facing Europe.

Former Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has been awarded the prestigious Freedom House award for her contribution to the development of democratic values.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, summing up the BRICS foreign ministers' meeting in India

A court hearing at the Nalchik Garrison Military Court concluded with the sentencing of Astemir Maremukov. 

The North Caucasus republics, including Ingushetia and Chechnya, have the lowest alcohol consumption in the Russian Federation, according to the Ministry of Health.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that former President Robert Kocharyan, who heads the Armenia bloc, should be held criminally responsible. 

Russian military personnel stationed in Armenia must obey local laws, not Russian ones. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made this statement during a briefing in Yerevan. He was responding to concerns surrounding the possible actions of the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri, given recent changes to Russian legislation.

The For Georgia party has stated that Russia has begun the active phase of annexing the Tskhinvali region (the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia) amid the authorities' "criminal silence." The opposition accuses the ruling Georgian Dream party of inaction.