Vice Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Ruben Rubinyan confirmed that the negotiation process between Armenia and Turkey is ongoing. According to him, the last contact with Turkish Special Representative Serdar Kılıç took place the day before, but there is currently no new information on this issue.

Representatives of the Chechen diaspora held a rally outside a prison in the Austrian city of Krems. The main demand was for independent, transparent, and effective investigations into all cases of death, violence, and possible human rights violations in Austrian prisons, according to Roza Dunaeva, a human rights activist and representative of Ichkeria abroad.

The European Union has approved the deployment of a rapid response team to Armenia to counter hybrid threats. The mission, consisting of 9 to 14 members, is expected to arrive in late March or early April for a period of 10-15 working days.

The international human rights organization Freedom Now has once again drawn attention to the case of Azerbaijani opposition figure Tofig Yagublu, highlighting the rapid deterioration of his health.

The Southern District Military Court has extended the detention of four defendants in the "sixth Bakhchisaray group" in the Hizb ut-Tahrir cases until July 7. Memet Lyumanov, Rustem Osmanov, Mustafa Abduramanov, and Aziz Azizov will remain in pretrial detention. Lawyer Emil Kurbedinov reported that the court rejected the defense's arguments, granting the prosecutor's motion.

Timur Agrba's defense intends to seek an overturn of the sentence, which they believe was unfounded. Lawyer Victoria Novikova stated that most of the publications that served as the basis for the conviction concerned the recognition of Shamil Basayev as a hero of Abkhazia, a position confirmed by official Abkhaz authorities.

The criminal case against Magomed-Bek Uzhakhov, former head of the Bank of Russia's Ingushetia branch, has been sent to court. He is accused of abuse of office related to the theft of bank property by a relative.

Two teenagers from Kabardino-Balkaria, aged 15 and 17, have been arrested for attempting to manufacture explosives. Russian authorities claim they allegedly acted on instructions from a Ukrainian handler with whom they communicated via instant messaging.

Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili and Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze congratulated the country's Muslim community on Ramadan. This year, the holiday fell on March 20. However, due to the death of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia on March 17, the festivities in Georgia were canceled.

Over the past 24 hours, 28 people were evacuated across the border between Iran and Azerbaijan, including two Azerbaijani citizens and two Russians. As of March 23, a total of 2,949 citizens from 76 countries have been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan.