In Ingushetia, the FSB together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs detained former and current employees of PJSC Rosseti North Caucasus, its branch Ingushenergo and contractors. They are accused of embezzlement of budget funds on an especially large scale.

Employees of the Chechen customs post detained two female passengers at Grozny airport. They tried to carry gold chains weighing about a kilogram around their necks.

Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan had the lowest crime rates last year. This follows from the rating published by the RIA Novosti agency.

Former head of Dakhadaevsky district of Dagestan Dzharulla Omarov was sent to pretrial detention. The term of detention is until March 14.

The Chechens of Aukhov responded to their attempt to defend their rights with threats, and the disgruntled residents were eventually deported to Ukraine.

A Moscow court has returned the case of 14-year-old Muslim Murdiev to the prosecutor. It turned out that the participants were not familiarized with the materials of the criminal case. This was reported by the Chechen Human Rights Commissioner Mansur Soltayev.

Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières) has said that there is "systematic police violence" against independent media in Georgia and has called on the EU to take action.

The Cherkessk City Court extended the detention period of the former head of the Stavropol Territory Traffic Police Department, Aleksey Safonov, until April 18. He is accused of creating a criminal organization and receiving large-scale bribes as an organized group.