On March 8, 2005, President of the Chechen Republic Ichkeria Aslan Maskhadov died in the village of Tolstoy-yurt.  During the special operation, he was killed by officers of the Russian Federal Security Service.

Today, the Balkar people recall the 79-year-old Stalin deportation. On March 8, 1944, 37,000 people, mostly elderly people, women and children, were deported to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. In March 1, 1944, Kazakhstan and Central Asia were expelled. Almost 40 per cent of them did not return home after rehabilitation. 

According to the local Ministry of Internal Affairs, about 50 employees of the department were injured. Several of them required surgery. Demonstrators in Tbilisi damaged cars, special equipment, set fire to the Parliament building, broke windows and broke security fences.

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili supported the protesters on Rustaveli Avenue against the draft law on foreign agents. She again announced that she would veto the bill. 

Russia and Ukraine have once again exchanged prisoners of war. More than 130 people returned to Ukraine, including Azovstal defenders.

On March 7, the Fifth Court of Cassation in Pyatigorsk overturned the verdict of the Leninsky Court of Vladikavkaz against ten Ossetian police officers convicted of torture and the death of detainee Vladimir Tskaev. The case will be returned for a new trial. However, only four of the defendants will remain in custody.

Despite the delay in mobilizing men with three or more minor children, the Kirov Court of Makhachkala denied this right to Rasul Nasuhov. The lawsuit was filed by his wife Soltanat Bibulatova.

In January 2023, the North Caucasus commissioned 532 thousand sq. sq. m housing, which is 15% more than the same period in 2022. This is reported by Rosstat.

The Fifth Court of Cassation annulled the decisions of the first instance in the case of the murder of Vladimir Tskayev, a resident of Vladikavkaz, by the police. The materials were submitted for new consideration. The cassation was filed by the defence of former policemen sentenced to real terms. 

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry demanded the withdrawal of Armenian troops from Karabakh. Otherwise, the Azerbaijani army will have to disarm and neutralize them.