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Security forces searched the apartment of Gultekin Hajibeyli, a representative of the National Council of Democratic Forces of Azerbaijan, and took her to the State Security Service for questioning.

Investigators have referred to court the case of two teenagers from Krasnodar accused of committing a terrorist attack after setting fire to a battery cabinet on the railway. The young men are currently in pretrial detention.

The body of an eighteen-month-old child who died of starvation was seized by police from a Derbent resident during an identity check. The case is being investigated for manslaughter.

Mozdok resident Yulia Melnichenko held a picket outside the Prosecutor General's Office building demanding punishment for the security officer who beat her brother and an end to the persecution of their family. She was taken to the police station and released two hours later.

The management of the agricultural university is not forcing former employees to vacate their dormitory in Nalchik, but is merely clarifying the grounds for their continued residence there, university representatives stated in response to residents' complaints. The university's grounds have been fenced off in accordance with anti-terrorism legislation, they explained.

The military shot down seven drones in the Krasnodar Territory and one in the Rostov Region. Five more drones were destroyed over the Black and Azov Seas.

Derbent District authorities presented awards to the families of five soldiers killed in the military operation. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,823 soldiers from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

Police officers in Ingushetia unjustly detained a driver and beat him several times. The man required medical attention, investigators said. A court ordered three suspects to be remanded in custody.

The UN Human Rights Committee received an appeal from Chechen native Mansur Movlaev and called on the Kazakh authorities to suspend Movlaev's extradition to Russia until the appeal is considered.

Convicted actor Andro Chichinadze announced his resignation from the Tbilisi theater troupe, following his colleagues who were outraged by the removal of a banner bearing his portrait.

Military forces destroyed drones overnight in the Krasnodar Krai, Adygea, and Rostov Oblast. Drones were also shot down over the Black and Azov Seas.

Yevgeny Batalov from the Rudnyansky district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,693 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

The military shot down drones in the Kamensky and Neklinovsky districts. According to the governor, there were no injuries.

The Abkhaz opposition held a rally in front of the Supreme Court building, accusing the head of the presidential administration, Beslan Eshba, of exacerbating political tensions in the republic and calling on him to resign.

An explosion occurred in Mount Mamzyshkha in Abkhazia, and debris was found at the site, which, according to preliminary information, belonged to a UAV.

A Dagestani blogger filmed himself stomping on chocolate bars in a store and urged people not to buy them, as the manufacturers directly or indirectly sponsor the Palestinian genocide. Commenters on Telegram found this behavior disgraceful.

A delegation of Balkars attended the memorial events marking the 82nd anniversary of the forced deportation of the Vainakh people in Ingushetia. Only one regional head in the North Caucasus Federal District expressed public condolences to the Chechens and Ingush.

A 55-year-old housewife from Akhuryan was arrested for one month after reporting a fake account created in her name to police and was charged with inciting violence for a post about Nikol Pashinyan.

Trade union activist Sara Rahimova was unable to clarify the reasons for the ban on her leaving Azerbaijan and the criminal case against her, even though the investigator himself promised to contact her on February 23.

The Slavyansk City Court extended the house arrest of Hieromonk Ilya Sigida, who is accused of desecrating symbols of military glory through online publications, until March 20.