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Another temporary memorial plaque hung for less than a day on the building where Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered. Activists have since restored it for the 30th time in two months.

Beef, sour cream, butter, and mushrooms have increased in price in Nalchik stores and markets. Residents believe the price hikes have been ongoing since the beginning of the year and are not due to the approaching Eid al-Fitr.

Nalchik-born lawyer and blogger Ilya Remeslo was placed in a St. Petersburg psychiatric hospital after the head of the Akhmat special forces, Apti Alaudinov, questioned whether the pro-Putin blogger's criticism of the president was voluntary.

Eight pebble beaches in Anapa, from the village of Bolshoy Utrish to Vysoky Bereg, have been excluded from the emergency zone due to the fuel oil spill. Rospotrebnadzor (the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) will decide whether to reopen them.

Mobile internet restrictions forced people to carry cash and significantly slowed down business operations, according to respondents in the North Caucasus Federal District. They reported problems with in-store and online purchases, hailing taxis, and searching for information.

The Krasnodar Regional Court upheld the calculation method used by the Kuban Ministry of Natural Resources to estimate damage to wildlife following the fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait at 34.2 billion rubles.

The Supreme Court of Dagestan has sent a second request to Turkish authorities asking for confirmation of the death of Abakar Abakarov, who is being tried for organizing mass riots at Makhachkala Airport.

In the village of Kochubeevskoye, a woman was injured when drone debris fell on a house.

Vakhit Menziev from the Naursky District of Chechnya was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 261 Chechen servicemen killed there.

The court rejected the appeal of two Tajik citizens convicted in 2025 for plotting an explosion in the Pyatigorsk City Court building.

A court in Makhachkala has sentenced former Dagestan Construction Minister Artur Suleimanov to two months in custody in connection with a bribery case.

The 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Kalmyk people's rehabilitation passed without any commemorative events in Kalmykia. Residents of the region interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" stated that the national tragedy is being forgotten.

The property of Krasnodar City Duma deputy Viktor Timofeev and his associates, valued at more than 10 billion rubles, has been transferred to the state.

Islam Bammatov from Kizilyurt was killed in the military operation. Since its beginning, at least 1,867 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

Volunteers reported that the sea has exposed chunks of fuel oil washed up during a storm on the Bugayskaya Spit.

Opposition figure Tofig Yagublu, who has been on a hunger strike in a pretrial detention center for 24 days, is not receiving effective medical care and his rights are being violated, his daughter Nigar Hazi stated.

On the 476th day of uninterrupted protests, protesters traditionally gathered outside the Georgian Parliament on Rustaveli Avenue. They cancelled their planned weekend marches in connection with the death of Patriarch Ilia II.

In the final days of Ramadan, prices for meat, eggs, dairy products, and vegetables continued to rise, Makhachkala residents reported.

In Krasnodar, 11 apartments were damaged by drone attacks. Windows and balcony glazing were partially shattered, and roofs and facades were damaged.

The muftiate reported that the new moon was not observed this evening, so March 19, which was declared a non-working day in several republics of the North Caucasus Federal District, will be a day of Ramadan.