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The convicted primate of the Shirak Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Archbishop Mikael Ajapayan, was taken to the Izmirlyan Clinic after several requests from his lawyers that he require urgent surgery.

More than 26,000 refugees from Karabakh have received Armenian citizenship. The displaced persons themselves described the decision as forced; they needed to obtain an Armenian passport to find work and participate in a housing program. Karabakh human rights activists believe that accepting Armenian citizenship does not deprive the refugees of their right to return.

Anastasia Zinovkina, a prisoner in Georgia, is unable to get out of bed during her seizures, and her right fingers and toes have become paralyzed, according to her fiancé, Artem Gribul. He expressed hope that the appellate court will address the inconsistencies in the testimony of the security officers in the trial court's verdict, which sentenced them to 8.5 years in prison.

Nikita Milogradov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 532 fighters from North Ossetia have been officially recognized as killed.

The mother of Chechen teenager Roman Murdiev filed a complaint with the Moscow Prosecutor's Office regarding the use of handcuffs behind his back and his joining with another defendant during her son's arrival at court. The Moscow Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs found no violations. The proportionality of the escort's actions must be justified, the lawyer stated.

Yuri Marinenko, who headed Volgodonsk for a year, has been arrested on fraud charges. Investigators allege that in 2016, while serving as head of the city's Ministry of Internal Affairs, he illegally obtained low-income status and, using this status, obtained ownership of an apartment free of charge.

The winner of the annual Nargiz Prize, which is awarded for efforts in the fight for democracy in Azerbaijan, was Afiyaddin Mammadov, chairman of the alternative Confederation of Trade Unions of Azerbaijan "Workers' Platform", who is serving a prison sentence.

At least 4,074 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,228 from the Southern Federal District have been recognized by authorities and security forces as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

Authorities in the Sredneakhtubinsky District presented awards to the relatives of soldiers killed in the military operation. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,591 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.

The first group of Azerbaijani displaced persons returned to the village of Karkijahan, the former capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, today.

A court in Krasnodar has concluded its closing arguments in the case of former Rostov Regional Court Chair Elena Zolotareva and her colleagues. The defendants pleaded not guilty to bribery.

In the Tuapse District, awards were presented to the relatives of soldiers killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 816 soldiers from the Krasnodar Territory have been officially recognized as killed.

Contrary to established practice, the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan allowed convicted politician Tofig Yagublu to speak at his cassation appeal hearing. The politician maintained his innocence.

Following the prosecutor's office's demand that assets belonging to the associates of former Makhachkala Mayor Said Amirov and Dagestan State Secretary Magomed-Sultan Magomedov be seized, the properties of individuals unrelated to the former officials were seized. One of them faced the risk of property seizure.

The public organization "Save the Tower" has called for a 10-year moratorium on changing the status of agricultural land in North Ossetia to prevent its development. Ossetian activists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" offered varying opinions on the moratorium.

The Ministry of Defense reported that two drones were shot down overnight over the Sea of Azov.

The Azerbaijani government has extended the quarantine regime introduced in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic until April 1, 2026.

Alaudin Khadzhiev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,728 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

The Southern District Military Court extended the pretrial detention of pensioners Nabiyev, Kuzovenko, and Zakharova, accused of creating an illegal armed group. However, the hearing was again disrupted because doctors prohibited Nabiyev, who had suffered a third heart attack, from participating in the trial.

Vladikavkaz resident Nugzar Demeyev was denied permission by the Russian Supreme Court to refer his cassation appeal to the Civil Division for consideration. Since 2017, Demeyev and his mother have been trying to recover property stolen by a group of fraudsters convicted in 2023.