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Ruben Arzumanyan, 62, from the Novoanninsky district, was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,731 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

Railcars carrying 350 tons of grain from Russia were sent to Armenia via Azerbaijan.

A Russian court sentenced Georgian citizen Shmagi Dighmelashvili in absentia to 14 years in prison, recognizing him as a participant in hostilities on the Ukrainian side.

Marik Vysotsky from the Mozdok district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 574 fighters from North Ossetia have been officially recognized as killed.

Relatives of fallen and missing soldiers demanded that the Armenian parliament publish the report of the commission that investigated the circumstances of the 44-day Karabakh war. The authorities promised to publish the document in the fall of 2025, but failed to fulfill their promise and classified the report.

A court in Kabardino-Balkaria upheld a decision denying Tamara Erzhibova multi-million dollar damages for damaging corn seeds at a grain receiving facility. The defense stated that the cassation court failed to properly evaluate the previously established facts.

Arafat Aliyev from the Rutul district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,877 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

A criminal case has been opened against the deputy head of Dagestan's Kurakhsky District, who is suspected of abuse of office.

Sochi businessman Vigen Sarkisyan failed to secure a cassation court review of his decision to forfeit his assets, worth more than six billion rubles, to the state.

The anti-corruption civil case regarding the seizure of the property of former Vice Governor of Krasnodar Krai Anna Minkova for state use will be heard behind closed doors.

The availability of subsidized medications in Dagestan is gradually improving, but complaints continue to pour in. The medications are either not being imported, or are being imported in small quantities.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced Andrei Balashov to 15 years in a maximum-security prison colony, accused of treason and plotting a terrorist attack in Stavropol Krai.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case based on a complaint from an orphan from Kabardino-Balkaria, who has not been provided with the housing she is legally entitled to for a long time.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Kislovodsk resident Ilya Mezentsev to a long prison term, recognizing him as a member of the "Legion of Freedom of Russia"*.

No casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts from March 9 to 22, 2026. These are the results of the "Caucasian Knot" investigation, based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced serviceman Temirkan Bakhov to three years and six months in prison for failing to report for duty at his military unit at the appointed time.

Activists gathered outside the Georgian parliament building on the 482nd day of continuous protests, defaced Kakha Kaladze's campaign banner with protest slogans, expressing solidarity with Elene Khoshtaria, who was convicted of damaging his campaign poster.

Dzhabraily Umayev, Murad Mazhiyev, Akhmed Magomedkhalilov, and three others were convicted in the shooting outside the Wildberris office in central Moscow. None of them were held accountable for the two fatal shootings that occurred during the conflict.

A Yerevan court, at the defense's request, has softened the pretrial detention measure for "Imnemnimi" podcast co-author Narek Samsonyan, replacing his house arrest with administrative supervision.

Vadim Margiev, killed in the SVO, was buried in South Ossetia. At least 47 combatants from South Ossetia were killed in the fighting in Ukraine.