Zarema Musayeva’s lawyers challenged the presiding judge, Musa Vagapov. The defence argued that he belonged to the panel of the Supreme Court of Chechnya and that his son worked for the Prosecutor’s Office. The applicants were rejected immediately.

After visiting former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in a Tbilisi clinic, a council of doctors noted a deterioration in his health. He continues to lose weight, and treatment is symptomatic.

Businessman and member of the Federation Council from Dagestan Suleiman Kerimov donated 200 million rubles to the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

During the years of the second Russian-Chechen armed conflict, thousands and thousands of people were kidnapped and disappeared into obscurity. If for some of them relatives have guesses and suspicions that they were taken away on some, albeit often dubious, basis, then why were others kidnapped? This remains a mystery to this day. Death squads are behind many of these crimes.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev addressed the panel discussion on security in the South Caucasus in Munich. According to him, Baku and Yerevan should show everyone that the violence should be stopped and a peace treaty signed.

Heavy fighting for Bakhmut continues. Russian media report the advance of the Wagner PMC north of Bakhmut in the village of Paraskovievka. Ukrainian sources claim that southwest of Bakhmut, Ukrainian forces managed to push back Russian troops in the area of ​​the village of Ivanovskoye.

Three of the five students returned to Novocherkassk Medical College. In January, they were expelled for wearing a hijab.

Wagner PMC mercenaries complain about the lack of ammunition near Bakhmut.

Kemran Agabekov was ordered to pay a fine of 50,000 rubles by the court in Makhachkala. Since September 2022, he was also in the pre-trial detention centre.