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.

Prisoners serving their sentences in IK-2 in the Chechen village of Chernokozovo have filed a complaint with the head of the republic. According to them, the head of the colony, Aslan Murtazov, and his deputy, Akhmed Mutuyev, extort money – from 100 to 350 thousand rubles – for writing a “good reference.” At the same time, they do not fulfill their promises and again demand bribes from relatives of prisoners, activists of the opposition Chechen movement NIYSO said.

The third president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, was found guilty of illegally crossing the border and sentenced to four years and six months in prison. Taking into account the three previous sentences, the politician's total prison term is 12.5 years, Mtavari reports. Thus, he will serve his sentence until April 1, 2034.

Ramzan Kadyrov awarded the title "Hero of Chechnya" to the commander of the "Aid" detachment of the "Akhmat" special forces Bekkhan Yunusov. Previously, he worked in the Moscow region police and was convicted of abuse of office. In addition, the police officer was suspected of fraud.

The Chairperson of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko sent a congratulatory telegram to the head and chairman of the People's Assembly of Ingushetia on the occasion of the 255th anniversary of the republic's accession to Russia.

The republics of the North Caucasus were at the bottom of the rating of Russian regions by salaries in various industries, compiled by RIA Novosti experts. The highest incomes in Ingushetia, Chechnya, the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, North Ossetia, Dagestan and the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic are paid in the civil service (57-63 thousand rubles on average). This industry turned out to be the leading one only in the republics of the North Caucasus and in Kalmykia.

The cause of the fire near the village of Khryug in the Akhtynsky district is the human factor. A local resident set fire to dry grass near the mountain, and from there the fire spread further. The head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, wrote about this in his Telegram channel.

In Yerevan, local police released Nikolai Zonov, who was detained in a criminal case of desertion in Russia. He was released without a preventive measure.