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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.

Moscow's Tagansky Court sentenced journalist Valeria Kichigina in absentia to 10 years in prison for allegedly spreading "war fakes" for her publication about Russian military actions against Georgia during the 2008 Five-Day War.

The Supreme Court of Dagestan upheld the prosecutor's office's administrative claim, ordering the early termination of Davud Suleimanov's powers due to violations of anti-corruption legislation.

An Abkhaz court has remanded Georgian citizen Emzar Bagishvili, suspected of espionage, in custody for two months.

Ekaterina Zhulenko, a resident of the village of Rostovanovskoye, was sentenced to two years in prison for desecrating the burial sites of participants in the military operation in Ukraine, motivated by hatred or enmity.

The Krasnodar administration has not reconsidered its decision to approve a rally in defense of freedom of speech on March 28, even on the outskirts of the city. Officials withdrew their approval for the protest, citing security concerns due to the threat of drone and missile attacks.

Thousands of liters of fuel are being pumped daily from tankers on the grounds of the old railway station in Buynaksk, violating all safety regulations, residents said. The pumping station operates in a neighborhood surrounded by residential areas, a market, and mosques.

A judge in Makhachkala assessed moral damages to Chernovik editor-in-chief Magomed Magomedov at three thousand rubles for his illegal detention at a picket.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don will hear the case of a Gelendzhik resident accused of involvement in a terrorist organization, publicly justifying terrorism, and espionage.