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A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Kislovodsk resident Ilya Mezentsev to a long prison term, recognizing him as a member of the "Legion of Freedom of Russia"*.

No casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts from March 9 to 22, 2026. These are the results of the "Caucasian Knot" investigation, based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced serviceman Temirkan Bakhov to three years and six months in prison for failing to report for duty at his military unit at the appointed time.

Activists gathered outside the Georgian parliament building on the 482nd day of continuous protests, defaced Kakha Kaladze's campaign banner with protest slogans, expressing solidarity with Elene Khoshtaria, who was convicted of damaging his campaign poster.

Dzhabraily Umayev, Murad Mazhiyev, Akhmed Magomedkhalilov, and three others were convicted in the shooting outside the Wildberris office in central Moscow. None of them were held accountable for the two fatal shootings that occurred during the conflict.

A Yerevan court, at the defense's request, has softened the pretrial detention measure for "Imnemnimi" podcast co-author Narek Samsonyan, replacing his house arrest with administrative supervision.

Vadim Margiev, killed in the SVO, was buried in South Ossetia. At least 47 combatants from South Ossetia were killed in the fighting in Ukraine.

Moscow's Tagansky Court sentenced journalist Valeria Kichigina in absentia to 10 years in prison for allegedly spreading "war fakes" for her publication about Russian military actions against Georgia during the 2008 Five-Day War.

The Supreme Court of Dagestan upheld the prosecutor's office's administrative claim, ordering the early termination of Davud Suleimanov's powers due to violations of anti-corruption legislation.

An Abkhaz court has remanded Georgian citizen Emzar Bagishvili, suspected of espionage, in custody for two months.

Ekaterina Zhulenko, a resident of the village of Rostovanovskoye, was sentenced to two years in prison for desecrating the burial sites of participants in the military operation in Ukraine, motivated by hatred or enmity.

The Krasnodar administration has not reconsidered its decision to approve a rally in defense of freedom of speech on March 28, even on the outskirts of the city. Officials withdrew their approval for the protest, citing security concerns due to the threat of drone and missile attacks.

Thousands of liters of fuel are being pumped daily from tankers on the grounds of the old railway station in Buynaksk, violating all safety regulations, residents said. The pumping station operates in a neighborhood surrounded by residential areas, a market, and mosques.

A judge in Makhachkala assessed moral damages to Chernovik editor-in-chief Magomed Magomedov at three thousand rubles for his illegal detention at a picket.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don will hear the case of a Gelendzhik resident accused of involvement in a terrorist organization, publicly justifying terrorism, and espionage.

The court sentenced Yevgeny Makovoz, the organizer of a rally against internet blocking, whose home had previously been searched, to ten days' arrest.

A 15-year-old and 17-year-old resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, suspected of attempting to make a homemade explosive device, have been taken into custody.

A Russian court groundlessly sentenced Timur Agrba to prison because his publications contained no justification of terrorism, but rather references to Shamil Basayev as an officially recognized hero of Abkhazia, the defense argued.

Rezuan Zhurtov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 387 fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria have been officially recognized as killed.

A Tbilisi court sentenced Droa party founder Elene Khoshtaria to 1.5 years in prison after finding her guilty of defacing a ruling party mayoral campaign banner. She declined to make a closing statement.