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Speculation on religious holidays is unacceptable, said the head of the Dagestan government, calling on municipalities to monitor prices in stores and markets.

A Baku court sentenced activist Zamin Zyaki to 7.5 years in prison. He pleaded not guilty and claimed he was being persecuted for his public activities.

Alexander Dyachenko, former general director of the Tenth Bearing Plant in Rostov-on-Don, pleaded guilty to a 2.2 billion ruble fraud case involving state defense contracts.

Believers in Chechnya admitted that due to everyday expenses, they are unable to save enough to pay the religious tax during Ramadan.

Eleven train cars carrying Russian grain were dispatched from Baku to Armenia today. The volume of grain shipped from Russia to Armenia via Azerbaijan exceeded 22,000 tons.

A drone attack destroyed the roof of a private home in the Adler district. Authorities have promised assistance to the homeowner.

At least 4,355 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,496 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

Government officials presented awards to the families of Makhachkala residents killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,854 soldiers from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

Residents of the village of Chertkovo in the Rostov region were left without power last night as a result of a drone attack; power has now been restored. Drones were also shot down in the Astrakhan and Volgograd regions, as well as in the Kuban region, the Ministry of Defense reported.

Today, 184 members of Azerbaijani families who fled during the Karabakh conflict returned to the village of Gırmızı Bazar and the village of Khanabad. In total, more than 30,000 Azerbaijanis from 7,541 families have returned to the towns and villages of Karabakh.

The Kabardino-Balkarian Human Rights Center called on the head of the republic, Kazbek Kokov, to influence the leadership of the agricultural university in Nalchik and prevent the eviction of former university employees from their dormitory.

In the Anapa village of Vityazevo, restoration of a test section of the beach using imported sand has been completed.

March 19, 20, and 21 have been declared non-working days in Chechnya due to the end of Ramadan.

Dagestan's head, Sergei Melikov, reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin supported the initiative to build an ice arena in the republic. Makhachkala residents believe popular sports in the republic should be developed, and that maintaining the arena would be very expensive.

A military court sentenced an 18-year-old Stavropol resident, finding him guilty of justifying terrorism. The young man pleaded guilty to the charges.

No casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts from February 23 to March 8, 2026. These are the results of the "Caucasian Knot" investigation, based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

A ten-year-old child died while riding on a swing in Nalchik's Orekhovaya Roshcha park. The case is being investigated for causing death by negligence.

A Khakassia resident sent a teenager from Tuapse videos of school attacks and bomb-making instructions, security officials said.

Since beginning his hunger strike in a Baku pretrial detention center, opposition politician Tofig Yagublu has lost 10 kilograms (22 pounds) and his blood pressure has dropped sharply. Nevertheless, Yagublu intends to continue his hunger strike.

The Abinsky District Court in Krasnodar Krai fined local resident Ivan Kazhan 1,000 rubles for displaying extremist symbols. This is the first known punishment in Russia for content on the state-run messaging app Max.