During his visit to the Georgian capital, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O'Flaherty held meetings with representatives of the non-governmental sector and then with the country's Public Defender.

Residents of Chechnya have filed over 13,000 claims for damages caused by the flood. The republic has a simplified system of financial assistance for victims. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, there are currently no flooded homes or properties.

Alexander Vaskovsky, a former deputy of the Supreme Council of the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic," was detained in St. Petersburg. The reason was two critical posts on his Telegram channel, specifically about Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.

Dagestan and Chechnya were among the top five regions in Russia for the number of large families. Dagestan had 3,400 such families raising 12,700 children, while Chechnya had 2,400 and 9,800, respectively.

Over the past 24 hours, the number of flooded residential buildings in Dagestan has decreased from 516 to 508, according to the regional office of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

The health of Crimean political prisoner Arsen Abkhairov, serving his sentence in Correctional Colony No. 9 in Tsivilsk (Chuvash Republic), continues to deteriorate, and the issue of necessary varicose vein surgery remains unresolved. This was reported by Crimean Solidarity, citing his wife, Aziza Abkhairova. She had a long visit with her husband in late February and early March.

Crimean Tatar activist Ernest Seitosmanov, sentenced to 17.5 years in prison, was transferred from a prison in Vladimir to Correctional Facility No. 2 in Angarsk (Irkutsk Region).

A Yekaterinburg court found Shahin Shykhlinsky, the former head of the city's Azerbaijani diaspora, and his son, Mutvala, guilty of using violence against a government official. As a result, the former was sentenced to 24 years in prison (including his previous sentence), while his son received an eight-year sentence.

In the village of Shaitli in the Tsuntinsky District, an avalanche hit, covering two houses. According to the Dagestan Ministry of Emergency Situations, a woman and child were trapped under the snow, and evacuations are underway.

According to the BBC Russian service, the criminal prosecution of Novaya Gazeta columnist Oleg Roldugin, whose case is related to the illegal collection of personal data, may have been prompted by the anonymous Telegram channel "More Than Fact." The publication relies on information from an anonymous acquaintance of Roldugin and an informed source.