On February 23, 1944, Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin ordered the deportation of Chechens and Ingush from the North Caucasus region to Central Asia and Siberia. This act was recognized by many countries of the world and the European Parliament as genocide.

The collective security treaty, according to Yerevan, was not implemented in relation to Armenia. The country suspended participation in it. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this in an interview with France24.

UFC chief Dana White said Russian President Vladimir Putin gave Khabib Nurmagomedov and his father real estate in Russia worth $20 million for their victory over Conor McGregor in 2018.

Police officers conducted a search in the house of Crimean Tatar human rights activist and journalist Lutfiye Zudieva. She was then taken to the Ministry of Internal Affairs center and later released.

The prosecutor's office of the Novolaksky district of Dagestan warned the organizers of Muslim rituals that holding unauthorized events, including rallies and pickets, is unacceptable. The Chechen public organization "Aukh" will hold a mourning event in memory of the victims of the deportation of Chechens in 1944 at the monument to the victims of Stalin's repressions.

The Sabail District Court of Baku extended the arrest of the head of the Azerbaijani Internet television Kanal-13 Aziz Orujov until March 27. He repeated that he considers the charges fabricated and connects them with his journalistic activities.

The court in Alushta dismissed the case of the imam of the Yukari Jami mosque, Yusuf Ashirov. He was charged with illegal missionary activity.

Yerevan considers Moscow responsible for the recent incident on the border near the village of Nerkin Hand, when Azerbaijani border guards carried out Operation Retribution.