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At the final stage of his trial in the Baku Military Court, former Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan instructed his lawyer not to speak and delivered the closing speech himself, quoting classic Azerbaijani poetry.

The Buinaksk City Court will hear the cases of Magomedtagir Kambulatov and Kurban Arabkhanov, who are charged with repeatedly publicly displaying Nazi symbols.

Petr Galushka, David Avtushenko, Rodion Dubolazov, and eight other fellow countrymen from Novoshakhtinsk were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 855 soldiers killed there.

The CEO of SVS Shipping, the company that organized the Seabridge ferry service from Trabzon, Turkey, to Sochi in late 2025, is in custody on charges of siphoning off funds.

For the eleventh time, activists have installed a plaque on Anna Politkovskaya's house in Moscow, commemorating the deliberate destruction of the murdered journalist's memorial plaque.

An LGBT* person from Kazakhstan was detained in Dagestan following a denunciation, held in pretrial detention for over two and a half months, and then deported. He was unable to appeal the decision. He believes police in Makhachkala are using informants to identify and persecute LGBT* people.

Social media users found a video of Adam Kadyrov, which appeared on the Chechen leader's account almost a month after reports of the accident, odd. Speculation about the health of the Chechen leader's third son arose amid prolonged government silence, despite residents of the republic expressing indifference to the health of the regional leader's son.

Participants in the daily protests on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi held a picket outside the parliament building on the 441st day of the protests in support of political prisoners, including with posters dedicated to Anastasia Zinovkina.

Chechen activists in Vienna held a picket outside the Kazakh embassy, ​​demanding that the decision to extradite Mansur Movlayev to Russia be reversed and that Zelimkhan Murtazov, a deserter from Chechnya, be provided protection. The protesters appealed to the President of Kazakhstan, urging him to consider the potential consequences for the lives, health, and safety of refugees from Chechnya.

A panel of appellate court judges rejected the defense's motion to re-examine witness interpreters in the case of Anastasia Zinovkina and Artem Gribul. The defense questioned the interpreters' professional integrity.

US Vice President J.D. Vance's visit to Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrated Washington's desire to strengthen its presence in the region while weakening Russia's influence, according to Baku analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. At the same time, the US is changing its strategy for building relations with countries in the region, moving from a values-based partnership to cooperation based on pragmatism and economic interests.

At a hearing in the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria to consider the defense's appeal against the decision to arrest Andzor Khalilov, the developer, who is currently in pretrial detention, stated that he "did not hide or run away." The defense believes the case under the article on terrorism financing should be dismissed.

The Soviet City Court of Makhachkala sentenced Derbent resident Islam Akhmedov to two years' probation for public calls for extremist activity.

Unknown individuals destroyed the tenth temporary plaque installed by activists on the house where journalist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered, after the destruction of a memorial plaque.

Zelimkhan Murtazov went to the SVO to protect his brothers, as Chechnya required that only one person from the family sign a contract. However, his three-year contract was extended without his consent, and attempts were made to coerce the other brothers into signing contracts as well. Murtazov has been in the transit zone of Astana airport for over 45 days, hoping to be sent to a third country.

Stanislav Skirko from Kamyshin was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 1,679 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

An assessment of the official beaches of Anapa and the Temryuk district for their suitability for the resort season will be conducted in late spring or early summer. Authorities have denied reports of spills on official beaches, citing petroleum products, for example, in protected areas, particularly on the Bugayskaya Spit.

The house is currently cordoned off. Emergency services are conducting an inspection and assessment of the damage.

Three people were injured. The shooter was identified as a student and has been detained.

Researcher Bakhruz Samedov ended his hunger strike in a penal institution due to deteriorating health.