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A Derbent resident, arrested in connection with the death of her one-and-a-half-year-old daughter from starvation, has been remanded in custody. In court, she pleaded not guilty and stated that she holds a higher education degree in teaching.

Supporters of Georgia's European integration gathered outside parliament for the 456th consecutive day of protest. Activists expressed hope that sanctions against pro-government Georgian media outlets will continue.

Blogger Hayk Yeghyan, known on TikTok as "Aivazovsky," has been arrested on charges of insulting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

Lawyers for Chechen native Mansur Movlaev demanded the examination of witnesses and the recusal of the judge who attempted to complete the consideration of his appeal against the denial of asylum in Kazakhstan in a single hearing.

A court in Makhachkala sentenced a native of Dagestan to five years in prison, finding her guilty of publicly disseminating false information about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces.

On the fourth day of his hunger strike, Tofig Yagublu reported a deterioration in his condition, but he remains in solitary confinement, according to the opposition politician's relatives.

Zaur Tlepshev from the Baksan district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since February 2022, at least 379 combatants from Kabardino-Balkaria have been confirmed killed there.

On February 26, the anniversary of the Khojaly tragedy, residents of Azerbaijan honored the memory of the victims. A memorial complex was opened in the city of Khojaly. Thirty-four years later, the relatives of the victims continue to remember them.

Lasha Chkhartishvili, a member of the Georgian Labor Party, was arrested for five days for a comment he posted on Facebook*. Police transferred the opposition figure to a temporary detention facility directly from the courtroom.

Nikita Akishev and Sergei Kurenkov from Kamyshin were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,697 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

Mobilized soldier Pavel Kotelnikov received a seven-year prison sentence for bribery, involving four instances of fellow soldiers handing over money to an officer in exchange for a transfer to the rear.

Members of the Margiev family held a picket today demanding the head of South Ossetia "to end the lawlessness" in the republic. They were detained but later released. Police Colonel Viktor Margiev stated that the family, including his son, are being threatened and pressured following his demands to investigate his brother's abduction.

The Cassation Board of the Supreme Court of Russia refused to overturn the sentence of North Ossetian native Aslan Gagiev in the case of organizing a criminal group.

65 parliamentarians voted to strip Kirill Glazov of his mandate. The Dagestani prosecutor's office cited both violations of anti-corruption legislation and Glazov's actual absence from parliament.

The AZAL plane crash was the result of an error by the Ministry of Defense, and Azerbaijan is awaiting Russia's legal assessment of the incident and compensation.

A Dagestani woman who escaped domestic violence and prevented an attempted kidnapping of a Chechen woman by her family in Yerevan needs help after her identity was compromised.

Law enforcement agencies have detained a resident of Dagestan, in whose stroller the body of a child was previously found.

At the trial, Mehriban Rahimli insisted on the full disclosure of the indictment in order to cast doubt on the evidence collected by the investigation.

The Supreme Court of Ingushetia has toughened the sentence of Musa Gezgiev, former head physician of the republic's oncology dispensary, replacing his 4.5 years of suspended imprisonment with the same real term.

Police in the Tikhoretsky District have opened a criminal case of animal cruelty following the killing of a dog in the village of Alekseyevskaya. The suspect has been released on his own recognizance. Animal rights activists intend to seek the harshest possible sentence for him.