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Two hundred Russian soldiers have been returned to Russia as part of a prisoner exchange with Ukraine, and two hundred Ukrainian prisoners of war have been transferred in exchange, according to State Duma deputy from Chechnya Shamsail Saraliev.

The drone attack on the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic was likely deliberate, but Azerbaijan will initially limit itself to diplomatic and political measures, avoiding direct military escalation, according to analysts in Baku.

The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria sentenced a local resident to 13 years in prison, finding him guilty of treason and preparation for sabotage.

The court imposed territorial restrictions on Khachatryan, prohibiting him from leaving the Vagharshapat community. The cleric is also prohibited from communicating with witnesses in the case.

The Secretary of the Abkhazian Security Council stated that more than half of the drones fell into the sea, with only 14 reaching land. He was unable to identify their origin. Social media users demanded answers about the source of the threat.

The Kirovsky District Court of Yekaterinburg sentenced Shahin Shykhlinski, the former head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in the Urals, to 22 years in a maximum-security prison colony. Six other defendants in the case of the murder of local entrepreneurs will serve between ten and twenty years in a maximum-security prison colony.

The court unconditionally accepted the prosecution's case, and Zarema Musayeva's right to a defense was violated during the two-day trial. The Shali Court ignored both the lawyers' motions and their request to postpone the trial due to Zarema's poor health, the defense claimed.

Grocery prices increased during Ramadan at both markets and stores, according to Makhachkala residents. Amid the overall price hike, cafe and restaurant owners were also forced to raise prices.

The drone attack on the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic was a deliberate terrorist attack by Iran, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev declared today, demanding an apology and punishment for those responsible. He ordered the armed forces to be put on alert. The Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office has opened a criminal case in connection with the strikes on civilian infrastructure.

A Moscow court found blogger Arsen Markaryan guilty of rehabilitating Nazism and sentenced him to 4.5 years in prison. The case was heard under a special regime.

The lawyer filed an appeal against the sentence handed down by the Shali Court following a review of the case against Zarema Musayeva for the attack on a security officer.

A Tbilisi court ordered 11 children at the Ninotsminda boarding school to pay 30,000 lari each in compensation for inhumane treatment. The children's defense team appealed the court's decision, and the Georgian Ministry of Finance also filed an appeal.

Four people were injured in a drone attack on the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic; their condition is stable. The Azerbaijani Foreign Minister demanded an explanation from Iran, and a member of parliament called on the neighboring country to apologize for the drone attack.

On March 4, 30 drones were spotted over Abkhazia; they were shot down by Abkhazian and Russian air defense forces. Drone wreckage was found in 11 settlements, causing a power outage in one village.

One drone crashed inside the airport terminal, and the other crashed near a school in the village of Shekerabad. The airport building was damaged, and two people were injured.

Following a retrial of a criminal case for disrupting the activities of a correctional facility, the Shali City Court of Chechnya sentenced Zarema Musayeva to three years and 10 months in a penal colony.

The publication of three amateur films about the final period of the Armenian population's stay in Karabakh has sparked debate about the region's territorial jurisdiction and the perpetrators of the conflict.

Rinat Kusaliyev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 719 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.

The Azerbaijani armed forces suffered irreparable losses in the first two months of 2026, totaling eight personnel, all of whom died in non-combat situations.

Sixteen drones were shot down over four regions of the Southern Federal District. A drone alert was also declared in the North Caucasus.