The highest percentage of the poor is found in Ingushetia, accounting for 30.5 per cent of the population of the Republic, which is 1.2 per cent higher than in 2021. The second place, according to Rosstat, is Tuva (28.8% of the population), the third - Khakassia (18.1%).

The subjects of the North Caucasus Federal District are allowed to write off (restructure) 38 billion rubles of public debt this year. This is more than 50% of the amount (71.5 billion). «But the regions have so far submitted an application for restructuring only half of this amount», - said Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov at a government meeting in Kavmnvody. The state debt of the regions of the North Caucasus Federal District in 2022 amounted to 71.5 billion rubles.

A preparatory session was held at the Garadagh District Court in Baku on the case of Zamin Salaev, the head of the district organization of the Azerbaijan People’s Front Party. He stated that the criminal case against him was a political order, and in protest he went on hunger strike for 85 days. The court refused to mitigate the measure of restraint and to place Salaev under house arrest.

The international non-governmental organization «Reporters without Borders» has released an annual world rating of freedom of speech. In it, Russia took the 164th place out of 180 possible, having dropped to 9 positions at once. The authors of the rating report that since the announcement of the Russian military operation on the territory of Ukraine in 2022 almost all independent media have been shut down, blocked or declared by foreign agents" and undesirable organizations".

The international non-governmental organization Reporters Without Borders has released its annual global ranking of freedom of speech. In it, Russia took 164th place out of 180 possible, having dropped by 9 positions over the year.

At night, 26 Iranian drones attacked Kyiv, Dnepr and Zaporozhye. Most were shot down, no casualties. As a result of the shelling of the Kherson region, 21 people were killed. 48 civilians were wounded. A freight train has derailed again in the Bryansk region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have launched a drone strike on a military airfield. An unused heavy transport aircraft An-124 Ruslan has been damaged.

In the first quarter of the year Armenia took the fifth place in the ranking of the most popular destinations of foreign travel of Russians. The country was visited by more than 84 thousand citizens of the Russian Federation. The first positions in the list were taken by Turkey, the UAE, Thailand and Egypt. In 2022, 1 million 670 thousand tourists visited Armenia. About 46% came from Russia, about 11% - from Georgia, about 7% - from Iran.

Crimean Tatar Uzeyir Abdullayev left the SHIZO colony in Salavat (Bashkortostan), where he spent 10 days. In total, the political prisoner spent more than 50 days in the punishment cell and suffers from an acquired heart defect. In June 2019, the North Caucasus District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced the brothers Teymur and Uzeir Abdullayev to 17 and 13 years' imprisonment, respectively.

Crimean Tatar Uzeir Abdullaev left the punishment cell of the colony in Salavat (Bashkortostan), where he spent 10 days. In total, the political prisoner spent more than 50 days in a punishment cell and suffers from an acquired heart defect. In June 2019, the North Caucasus District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced brothers Teymur and Uzeir Abdullayev to 17 and 13 years in prison, respectively.

A preparatory hearing was held in the Garadagh District Court of Baku in the case of the head of the regional organization of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, Zamin Salayev. He stated that the criminal case against him is a political order, and in protest he has been on a hunger strike for the 85th day. The court refused to soften the preventive measure and place Salaev under house arrest.

On May 3, the Russian president's press service reported that the Kremlin had been attacked by two drones. After that, regional leaders began to introduce bans on the use of drones one after another. Legislative and technological measures were added to administrative ones, but UAVs continue to fly over Russian territory.

Every year on May 3, the Karachay People's Republic celebrates the Day of Return of the Karachay People to their Homeland. 66 years ago, the first train with those returning to their native land from deportation arrived at the Erken-Shahara railway station. Today, at the Memorial to the Victims of Repression in Karachaevsk, local residents and authorities honored the memory of people who died on the road and during the years of exile in Central Asia and Kazakhstan.

In the first quarter of the year, Armenia took fifth place in the ranking of the most popular foreign travel destinations for Russians. More than 84 thousand Russian citizens visited the country. The first positions on the list were taken by Türkiye, the UAE, Thailand and Egypt. In 2022, 1 million 670 thousand tourists visited Armenia. About 46% came from Russia, about 11% from Georgia, and about 7% from Iran.

The largest share of the poor population was identified in Ingushetia and amounts to 30.5% of the republic’s population, which is 1.2% higher than in 2021. In second place, according to Rosstat, is Tuva (28.8% of the population), in third is Khakassia (18.1%). The poverty rate decreased the most in the Jewish Autonomous Region (-2.1%, now 20.3% of the poor population there), Altai (-2%, the share of the poor is 20.4%) and Kabardino-Balkaria (-1.7% at the current value of 16.4%).

Subjects of the North Caucasus Federal District are allowed to write off (restructure) 38 billion rubles of public debt this year. This is more than 50% of the amount (71.5 billion). “But the regions have so far applied for restructuring of only half of this amount,” said Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov at a government meeting in Kavmnvody. The state debt of the regions of the North Caucasus Federal District at the end of 2022 amounted to 71.5 billion rubles.