Dagestani auto blogger Akhmed Vengalbi (WENGALLBI), whose Instagram profile has 7 million followers, was stopped by police officers on Kutuzovsky Prospekt in Moscow. He did not have a driver's license and refused a medical examination, Makhachkalinskiye Izvestia reports.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has decided to award the surviving crew members of the Embraer E190 passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines, which crashed during the Baku-Grozny flight in December last year. He wrote about this on his Telegram channel.

The Stavropol Territory Court sentenced another defendant in the case of the riots at the Makhachkala airport to long prison terms. Ramazan Abdullabekov, Ismail Amirov, Yasin Gadzhiev, Magomedali Omarov and Magomedgadzhi Chirgilaev received from 8 to 10 years.

A rally was held in front of the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France, calling for the non-deportation of Said-Sultan Khamzatov and Ruslan Meyriev to Russia.

According to a fingerprint examination, fingerprints of Crimean Tatar political prisoners were not found on the books confiscated from them and deemed "extremist". This information was presented by the defense in the Southern District Military Court.

The Karachay City Court sentenced the leaders of a cell of the extremist organization At-Takfir Wal-Hijra, banned in Russia, to 3 years and 2 months in prison. Another 12 people received sentences from 2 years to 3 years and 1 month.

The head of the capital of North Ossetia, Vyacheslav Mildzikhov, drove a car along the streets of Vladikavkaz. While driving, he inspected the condition of the roads and filmed a video, which later appeared on social networks.

17-year-old Adam Kadyrov, the son of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, visited Egypt as part of a delegation from the region to discuss the prospects for developing investment cooperation.

The opposition coalition "Strong Georgia" accused the current government, which actually consists of members of the "Georgian Dream" party, of incompetence in responding to natural disasters. In particular, we are talking about heavy snowfalls, which Western Georgia has been struggling with for more than a week. Residents of the regions of Guria and Adjara found themselves in the most difficult situation. Since February 23, many villages have been left without electricity, gas and water. Food products have started to run out in stores and residential buildings.

Amendments have been made to the Georgian Criminal Code regarding the Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence, also known as the Law on Foreign Agents. According to the amendments, failure to comply with it will result in a fine or imprisonment for up to 5 years. The exact amount of the fine has not yet been determined.