The Russian armed forces shelled Slavyansk and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region, as well as three settlements in the Chernigov region.

One of the Georgian students decided to respond to the threats of the Kremlin propagandist Margarita Simonyan with the words: Simonian, you too will not be allowed to have fun in The Hague».

In 2022, real income of the population, adjusted for inflation, fell by 6.4 per cent from the regions of the Ingushetia Federal District. In KSR - 5.4%, in Stavropol 3%, in Chechnya - 0.5%.

The Kremlin takes a negative view of the ban on entry into Armenia for individual Russians. Russian President Dmitry Peskov, press secretary, said about it.

A preliminary hearing was held at the Baku Court of Appeal on the complaint of activist Jafar Mirzoev, who was arrested after being expelled from Germany. 

The third day of the protest rally in the center of Tbilisi was relatively quiet. People burned the Russian flag and issued a new ultimatum to the authorities: resign.

Kyiv was subjected to a new massive missile attack by the Russian Armed Forces.
Ukrenergo announced the restoration of power supply to the Zaporozhye NPP.
Türkiye began to block the supply of sanctioned cargo to Russia.

On March 9, the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case into the poisoning of the commander of the Akhmat special forces, deputy commander of the 2nd Army Corps, Major General Apti Alaudinov.

On March 9, the ruling Georgian Dream party and the pro-government parliamentary group Power of the People announced that they were withdrawing the bill “On transparency in the financing of external influence,” which had already passed its first reading in parliament and caused loud protests from the opposition.

At a meeting of the Second Western Military Court in Moscow, a representative of the State Prosecutor requested a life sentence for Dagestan Gazi Isayev, former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Kizlyar district. He was accused of aiding and abetting terrorist acts in the Moscow metro. He pleaded not guilty and called all charges false and falsified.