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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.

Today, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has promised to pay a USD 500,000 reward for the head of each commander of Ukrainian battalions and the Chechen battalion, which takes part in the battles on the side of Ukraine. According to Ramzan Kadyrov, the funds will be provided by “volunteers.”

At least 227 Ukrainian civilians have been killed and 525 have been injured during the military operation of the Russian troops in Ukraine, the UN High Commissioner reports. Ukrainian rescuers voice information about 2000 killed civilians.

The “Rosfinmonitoring” (Russian Federal Service for Financial Monitoring) has included Ibragim Yangulbaev in the register of extremists and terrorists. Ibragim Yangulbaev himself associated the above with his criticism of the Chechen authorities.

In the second round of voting, members of the Armenian parliament unanimously elected Vaagn Khachaturyan, the only candidate, as president.

During a day, about 5500 refugees from Donbass have arrived in the Rostov Region, border guards report. A day earlier, about 5000 residents of eastern Ukraine passed through border checkpoints.

Armenian soldiers have shelled the positions of Azerbaijani militaries located in the Tovuz District, after which a return fire was opened, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

Vaagn Khachaturyan, the only candidate for the president of Armenia, managed to win only 69 votes of MPs out of 81, after which the second round of voting was scheduled.

A complaint has been filed with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) concerning the case of Zarema Musaeva, indicating violations of at least six articles of the European Convention for the Protection of Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), including the threat to life and the prohibition of torture.

The Kremlin had sanctioned the statements of the head of Chechnya on the situation in Ukraine, said Ruslan Kutaev, a Caucasian scholar, who commented on Kadyrov's publication of videos from the battle zone and the data he voiced about the losses of Chechen law enforcers in Ukraine. These videos and the time chosen for posting the data on the death toll of militaries were Kadyrov's own initiative, Alexei Malashenko, a political analyst, is sure.

On March 2, professionals from Azerbaijani independent media commemorated Elmar Guseinov, the editor-in-chief of the "Monitor" magazine, who was killed 17 years ago. Journalists have blamed authorities for the fact that the crime remains unsolved.