The day before, more than a thousand people held a rally and march in Tbilisi under the slogan “Enough of Putin, lies, war, repression.” People also carried posters with the inscriptions “Freedom for political prisoners”, “Down with the Tsar” and others.

Based on the results of processing 100% of the protocols, the current President Vladimir Putin received 98,99% of the votes in Chechnya. This was reported by the regional election commission.

On the third day of the presidential elections in the Russian Federation, one of the maximum voter turnout rates was recorded in Chechnya - more than 93%. The state channel ChGTRK “Grozny” reported that no violations were identified during the voting process.

From early morning, a large line of people wishing to vote in the Russian presidential elections lined up outside the Russian Embassy in Yerevan. According to the Russian consulate, there are almost 4,600 Russian citizens in the capital of Armenia who are ready to fill out the ballot.

The administration of the prison in the city of Yelets, Lipetsk region, fined Crimean Tatar political prisoner Vladlen Abdulkadyrov. At the clinic, he was given many diagnoses; he could not tolerate physical activity. The prison administration regarded this as a refusal to work and fined the Crimean Tatar 1 thousand rubles.

The overall voter turnout in the Russian presidential elections on the first day of voting on March 15 was 36.5%. More than half of voters voted in 11 regions. Among them were Chechnya (56%) and Kabardino-Balkaria (53%). The leaders are the DPR (69%), Kherson region (69%), and Belgorod region (66%).

Armenia may apply to join the European Union. Countries and people make choices and have the right to strive for a better future. This was stated by EU Press Secretary for International Relations of the European Commission Peter Stano.

In Karachay-Cherkessia, a woman poured a dye into a ballot box at one of the polling stations during voting in the presidential election. A criminal case has been opened, the Investigative Committee reports.

Immediately after the transfer of the co-chairman of the Memorial Center, political prisoner Oleg Orlov, to the Moscow pre-trial detention center-5 “Vodnik”, he was offered to sign a contract to participate in a “special military operation”. This was reported by the Memorial Human Rights Protection Center.

In 2023, the regions of the North Caucasian Federal District were visited by 9.3 million tourists, which is 17.7% higher than the level of 2022. This was stated by the Presidential Envoy to the North Caucasian Federal District Yuri Chaika.