Armenia is considering a use of force only in the case of defense against aggression. This was reported by the press secretary of the country's Foreign Ministry Ani Badalyan. In this way, she commented on Azerbaijan's accusations of "militarization" and preparation for a use of force.

The ombudsman of North Ossetia Tamerlan Tsgoev called for a review of the refusal to initiate a criminal case against the Ministry of Internal Affairs officers accused of torture. He sent an appeal to the acting prosecutor of the republic and the head of the regional Investigative Committee with a demand to review the decision on the case of Batraz Gogaev.

The Georgian Parliament, completely controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party, unanimously (86 votes) adopted the "Foreign Agent Registration Act" in the second reading. The ruling party claims that this is a "direct copy" of the American FARA law.

A Baku court has extended the arrest of human rights activist Rufat Safarov for a month. He was detained on December 3, 2024.

Since Crimea joined the Russian Federation, 349 people have been involved in politically motivated criminal cases. Such data is presented in the OVD-Info report dedicated to repressions on the peninsula. This is the highest figure after Moscow.

Aslan Dombaev, a resident of Urus-Martan, was kidnapped by police officers. He was then tortured, as a result of which he fell into a coma and died. This was reported by the Chechen opposition movement NIYSO.

The Cherkessk City Court sentenced the former deputy head of the center for recalculation and payment of pensions of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation in Ingushetia to four years in a fraud case. The former head of the federal postal service of Ingushetia, Magomed-Bashir Kalimatov, who is the older brother of the head of the republic, Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, is also involved in this criminal case.

A forest fire broke out in the Akhtynsky district of Dagestan on March 15. As of today, the area of ​​the fire has reached 14.6 hectares, the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reports.

59-year-old Ruslan Mesutov, sentenced to 18 years, was transferred from IK-1 in Yakutsk to the hospital. According to his relatives, after the transfer, the man was kept in solitary confinement almost continuously.

Chechnya, Transbaikalia and Ingushetia turned out to be the worst regions in terms of quality of life for people over 55. These are the data from the study of the project "If to Be Precise", which was based on the indicators for 2023.