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The Georgian Ministry of Justice's Penitentiary Service found no grounds for the third president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, to participate in the funeral of Patriarch Ilia II.

A court in the Kochubeevsky district of Stavropol has arrested two brothers accused of forcing a young man into slave labor for a year and a half. The victim's video statement was published by the "Russian Community" organization.

A court in Krasnodar Krai fined Alexander Stepanyuk for discrediting the military for his remark about being "deprived of his home."

A rehab employee in Kaspiysk received a relatively lenient sentence for the death of a patient, while his status as a "volunteer" allowed the facility's management to avoid liability. Rehabilitation centers are businesses, often run by former drug addicts, and violence against patients is widespread.

Mobile internet outages in Makhachkala are disrupting cashless payment systems, depriving shoppers of a convenient payment method and reducing businesses' revenue. Even market vendors are reporting losses.

Arbi Israilov from the Gudermes district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly released the names of at least 262 Chechen soldiers killed there.

Twenty human rights organizations from 13 countries, including Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, called on the Georgian Dream party to stop pressuring former ombudsman Ucha Nanuashvili, who was summoned to the State Security Service after meeting with an expert from the OSCE Moscow Mechanism.

Armenia is ready to provide humanitarian aid to Iran if needed, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated. No influx of refugees has been recorded at the Agarak border crossing.

While serving his sentence in a penal colony in Stavropol, Alimardon Karimov swore an oath of allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State* terrorist organization.

Supporters of Georgia's European integration gathered for a protest outside the parliament building for the 477th consecutive evening. The protesters reiterated their refusal to recognize the Georgian Dream party as the legitimate government.

During mobile internet outages, websites and apps that are allowed to be accessed are not always available, which, combined with problems with mobile communications, leads to significant problems, according to residents of southern Russia.

Ildar Erekenov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 727 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.

On March 20, Eid al-Fitr was celebrated in all regions of southern Russia, including Dagestan, according to representatives of the muftiates and authorities.

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.