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In Baku, a court has begun a consideration of a case instituted against participants of a rally in support of the army. The defendants pleaded not guilty, and the opposition claimed the prosecution was politically motivated.

On Thursday (February 25) the opposition resumed its actions demanding the resignation of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan. Activists have temporarily blocked traffic in streets of Yerevan.

In the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), a policeman and a "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) serviceman were stabbed and received gunshot wounds while trying to check the driver's documents; two attackers managed to escape.

The natives of Armenia, detained after the attack on the Azerbaijani restaurant "1001 Nights" in Moscow during the escalation of hostilities on the two countries' border in July 2020, have been sentenced to two years in prison each.

Elmir Abbasov, a member of the "Nida" movement, has refused to plead guilty of a drug-related offense. The opposition believes that Abbasov is being persecuted because of his post about the corruption nature of Ilham Aliev's regime.

Ruslan Ablyakimov has informed that he needs medical treatment after the attack on him in Makhachkala. He has announced that he will return to Dagestan and present investigations about the republic.

Polad Aslanov, a journalist, who is on hunger strike at the isolation facility, has changed his demands, and is now insisting not on a fair trial, but on the closure of his case, his wife has informed.

Participants of a protest action drove to the place of detention of opposition leader Nika Meliya in Tbilisi. For the second day, the Court of Appeal does not respond to a complaint lodged in connection with the decision on the Nika Meliya's arrest, an advocate of the opposition leader emphasizes.

A young man from a video with a dance near the monument "Motherland Calls!", which provoked a wide public outcry, called his act "terrible" and apologized to residents of Volgograd. A criminal case was instituted against the young man for abusing places of burial.

The Sovietsky District Court of Vladikavkaz found Vadim Tekhov, a former husband of Regina Gagieva, guilty of her murder and sentenced him to 16 years of imprisonment.

The statement of the Armenian Prime Minister who claimed that Russian Iskander missile systems turned out to be combat-ineffective during the Karabakh war should be regarded as an unfounded claim against Russia, military experts note.

Today, opposition supporters have held decentralized protest actions in Yerevan institutions of higher education. The protesters visited two educational institutions in Yerevan and called on students to join the protests.

Policemen have detained a 20-year-old student of a Volgograd higher school, who had posted a video of his dance on the Mamayev Kurgan. The detainee has explained that he wanted to increase the audience of his blog by means of the video.

A convoy arrived in the Kelbadjar District, accompanied by peacemakers and delivering construction materials to restore water and power supply systems, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed today.

The "Iskander" missile complexes purchased from Russia turned out to be incapable of combat, Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Prime Minister, has stated, when commenting on Serzh Sargsyan's words about the need to use missile complexes already on the fourth or fifth day of the last autumn aggravation of the Karabakh conflict.

The release of Ingush activists arrested in connection with the protest action in Magas will help in softening the socio-political tension in Northern Caucasus, the Union of Russian Repressed Nations has stated in its appeal to President Vladimir Putin.

At a protest action, opponents of Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Premier, a journalist and an operator of the "Azatutyun" Radio were kicked, said Artak Khulyan, one of the victims. One more media professional was attacked, said Levon Sardaryan, the head of the independent trade union of journalists, without giving the victim's name.

The "Public Verdict" organization has received a video of beating of Vazha Bochorishvili, a Georgian citizen, who died in spring of 2017, in a Yaroslavl colony. Investigators have reported a case opening only after the release of the video, although earlier Bochorishvili's death was explained by his illness.

The participants in the mourning rally in the Novolaksky District of Dagestan talked about the protraction in the restoration of the Aukhov District, activists report. Buvaisar Saitiev, an MP, proposed to arrange a meeting to discuss this issue, but Sergey Melikov, the acting head of Dagestan, has ignored the anniversary of Vainakhs' deportation.

Oppositionists have scheduled a new action in support of Nika Meliya, the detained chairman of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party. By arresting Meliya, authorities violated the principles of democracy; therefore, activists have stated that they will seek his release.