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Sergey Melikov, the head of Dagestan, has promised to punish entrepreneurs for unreasonable increases in foodstuff prices. However, some Instagram commentators assert that the cost of goods was raised by suppliers, not sellers. Other commentators demanded to bring those who raise prices to responsibility.

Last night, the positions of Azerbaijani militaries located in the Goranboy District were shelled from the territory controlled by Nagorno-Karabakh, after which a return fire was opened, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

The restriction on flights over Southern Russia has been extended until March 14, the Russian Ministry of Transports has informed.

The Russian party has opened humanitarian corridors and announced the introduction of the silence regime in Ukraine in order to evacuate residents of Mariupol and Volnovakha, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

Fighters from Chechnya will punish everyone who had killed civilians in Donbass and Odessa, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated. He has treated the actions of Chechen law enforcers in Ukraine as jihad, noting that they are fulfilling the order.

Georgia fails to meet the requirements for obtaining the status of a candidate member of the European Union (EU) due to a number of unresolved problems existent in the country, but new geopolitical realities may contribute to the positive decision, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted in their comments on the application for the membership in the EU signed by the country's prime minister.

The US Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the death penalty for Djokhar Tsarnaev, a Chechen convicted for committing the Boston terror act.

The words of Asvad Kharekhanov, a Chechen theologian, about the special operation in Ukraine are an explanation of the Mufti's statement about jihad and point to the mandatory participation of Chechen militaries therein, Islamic scholars have noted.

After considering the complaint, lodged by Ziyaddin Aliev, the head of the executive power of the Guba District, an Azerbaijani court found Djamil Mamedli, a blogger and a journalist, guilty of libel and sentenced him to one and a half years of corrective labour. The journalist rejected the accusation and intends to appeal against it at the court of appeal.

Today, law enforcers have not allowed the human rights organization “Line of Protection” holding a rally in front of the Russian Embassy in connection with human rights violations in Ukraine.

Today, Ingushetia has held funerals of six militaries killed during the special military operation in Ukraine. The families of the killed militaries were provided with assistance in the form of cash payments and organization of the funeral ceremony.

Law enforcers did not mention the reason for the searches at the offices of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* and did not let advocates in, the HRC reported. The lawyers from the HRC “Memorial” requested the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to oblige the Russian authorities to stop the searches.

The military conflict in Ukraine has been dragging on while Russian soldiers die there, Ramzan Kadyrov says. The leader of Chechnya has urged Vladimir Putin to order the capture of large Ukrainian cities.

The court has arrested Vladislav Lygin, an activist, for 10 days for holding a picket on Mamaev Kurgan against the military operation in Ukraine. His defence intends to challenge the ruling.

The fire near the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), which, according to the Ukrainian authorities, started last night after shelling, has been extinguished; nobody suffered. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called on the parties to refrain from hostilities near the NPP.

Searches are underway in Moscow offices of the human rights organizations "Memorial"* and "Civil Assistance"*, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* has informed.

In Ukraine, Chechen militaries are studying the content of refugees' smartphones, one of them reported in a video posted on Ramzan Kadyrov's Telegram channel. Checking photos and correspondence is a common practice in Chechnya, and Kadyrov people have used it in Ukraine, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.

In Ingushetia, law enforcers have detained Bagaudin Gaitukiev, a doctor and an activist.

Following the results of the second round of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, the parties managed to agree on security measures at the evacuation of civilians and the supply of medicines and food to the cities, the heads of delegations have noted.

The Georgian Prime Minister, Irakli Garibashvili, has signed an application for the country's accession to the European Union (EU). The "Lelo" Party has called on the President of Georgia to personally lead the process of Georgia's accession to the EU.