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Officers from the Kabardino-Balkarian Ministry of Internal Affairs' Center for Combating Extremism reported the arrest of a 31-year-old local resident in connection with a case involving the financing of an extremist organization.

Abdulmutelim Ramazanov and Shikh Mekhtiyev from the Tabasaran district were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 1,893 combatants from Dagestan killed there.

Former Krasnodar Regional Court judge Yuri Zakharchevsky, convicted of hitting a pedestrian, never paid compensation for his death because he signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense in 2024, left for the SVO zone, and went intocommunication.

The court extended the arrest of former Novocherkassk mayor Yuri Lysenko, who is suspected of accepting a bribe from a developer, until May 13.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced serviceman Vitaly Turovsky, who left his military unit three times for long terms, to seven years in prison.

A Tbilisi court sentenced activist Shota Odishvili to 10 days in jail for insults he made against Bidzina Ivanishvili during a protest on April 9.

Residents of several houses in the village of Trudobelikovsky were evacuated after a UAV fragment containing a warhead was found on a street. After the fragment was cleared, the residents were able to return home.

Kristina Lakhina, the aunt of a three-year-old girl who died from beatings, has been remanded in custody for two months by a court in Sukhumi. Members of parliament have stated the need to draft a law on domestic violence. A bill on protection from domestic violence was introduced in parliament six years ago, but has not yet been included in the session's agenda, countered the former Abkhazian ombudsman.

Several foundations and organizations in Kabardino-Balkaria are collecting humanitarian aid for Dagestan. Residents are donating water, food, clothing, and bedding. Residents of the affected areas have asked for construction materials.

On the 500th day of daily protests, demonstrators marched to the Georgian parliament before heading to Easter services, demanding the release of political prisoners.

After residents of Karaman-2 appealed for water pumping, private individuals and businesses responded, but no support from the authorities was received. Residents attribute this to the village's still lack of official status.

Security forces detained Captain Ivan Otrakovsky in Khasavyurt, who had come to Dagestan to help flood victims. According to the official version, the reason was obscene language. The court sentenced him to three days of pretrial detention, and Otrakovsky declared a hunger strike.

Alibek Shukurov, a father of seven, was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 194 fighters from Karachay-Cherkessia have been officially recognized as killed.

The number of volunteers in Mamedkala, Derbent District, is declining, despite many unresolved issues, volunteers noted, calling on others to join them. Villages in the Khasavyurt District are in dire need of assistance, social media users noted.

An oil slick moving toward Anapa was discovered 11 kilometers offshore and treated with a sorbent. Authorities linked the slick's appearance to drone attacks.

A rockfall has created a lake whose rupture could flood the villages of Gergebil and Kikuni, local authorities said, urging residents to leave the riverbanks, including stopping riverbed clearing efforts, and for those living near the floodplain to seek safety.

In one day, more than a hundred birds covered in fuel oil arrived at the rehabilitation center on Zhemchuzhnaya Street. More birds are being brought in from Anapa beaches. There was no official information about the spill, but the number of affected birds indicates a serious problem, volunteers and bloggers commented.

Investigators in Vladikavkaz have detained the owner of a warehouse and the organizers of a pyrotechnics production operation, suspects in the case of an explosion that killed two people and injured 15.

During the flood, water flooded the basement of a building on Bat'manova Street. Residents complained and asked Kaspiysk authorities to include them on the list of those affected by the emergency.

A teenager injured in the explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Vladikavkaz has been hospitalized at a children's hospital. Meanwhile, four people who were taken to the Republican Clinical Hospital have been discharged.