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The director of the Azerbaijani publication Abzas Media pleaded not guilty at the cassation appeal hearing and demanded that the verdict be overturned. He stated that the publication's journalists were persecuted for their anti-corruption investigations.

A Yerevan court extended the house arrest of Strong Armenia party leader Samvel Karapetyan. The businessman's arrest is hindering the party's preparations for the June parliamentary elections, his lawyer stated.

The military shot down drones in two districts of the Rostov region. According to the governor, there were no injuries.

A local resident has been detained in Gelendzhik. According to security services, he posted calls for terrorist activity against Russian military personnel on a messenger app.

A single ski pass unites the Veduchi ski resort in Chechnya, Elbrus in Kabardino-Balkaria, and Mamison in North Ossetia.

A criminal case against the head of a village has been sent to the Gudermes District Court. He is accused of using a false deed to give a local resident a plot of land, which the resident subsequently registered as his own.

The influx of refugees from Iran into Armenia will negatively impact the country's economy and social sphere, social media commentators believe. Other users stated the need to help those in need. Some also believe the refugees will seriously impact relations between countries in the region.

Three people were injured in a drone attack at the Kavkaz port and hospitalized. A crashed drone fragment caused a fire at the Afip Oil Refinery.

Two disabled brothers from Dagestan, suffering from spinal muscular atrophy, were able to obtain an expensive medication only after contacting lawyers from the human rights project "Patient Monitor and Housing and Utilities."

The fighting in Iran threatens Armenia with an influx of refugees, the spread of war to the Caucasus, and renders the Zangezur transport corridor project obsolete.

Azerbaijani opposition leader Tofig Yagublu fainted on the 18th day of his hunger strike in pretrial detention. His condition is deteriorating daily, according to his daughter and lawyer.

Ivan Lvov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 385 servicemen from Kabardino-Balkaria have been officially recognized as killed.

The film "The Cage Seeks a Bird" by Chechen director Malika Musayeva will be shown on March 14 in Berlin as part of the "Symbol of Freedom" exhibition organized by human rights activists. A meeting with the film's director is scheduled after the screening.

On the 471st day of protests in Georgia, protesters held a mass picket under the slogan "Freedom for the Prisoners of the Regime" at the Isani metro station. Near the parliament building, police again checked the bags and backpacks of those gathered.

Due to a lack of storm drains and clogged ditches, water has been standing on the streets of the village of Novokuli in the Novolaksky District for months, and numerous appeals to the district administration have yielded no results, villagers complained.

A military court in Nalchik sentenced Astemir Kosheev to four years in prison, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without leave during mobilization. He had previously received a suspended sentence for the same offense.

Nalchik residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" noticed price increases for some food items last year. They do not associate the price hikes with the Muslim fast of Ramadan and the upcoming holiday of Eid al-Fitr.

Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan activist Jeyhun Novruzov has been sentenced to 25 days of administrative arrest. Associates believe Novruzov is being persecuted for criticizing police activity.

In connection with the celebration of Eid al-Fitr, March 19 and 20 will be non-working days in Dagestan, and March 20 has been declared a day off in Kabardino-Balkaria.

Rostov investigative journalist Sergei Reznik*, convicted in absentia on charges of extremism and rehabilitation of Nazism, has been added to the register of foreign agents by the Russian Ministry of Justice.