Siloviki suppressed the activities of the criminal group, which stole more than 2 billion rubles from the Russian Pension Fund (RPF). Thirty-four people were detained in Moscow, Ingushetia and North Ossetia as part of the theft case. One of the figures is Magomed-Bashir Kalimatov - the older brother of the head of Ingushetia Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov, as reported by telegram channels.

In Baku, the appeal court partially upheld the complaint of activist Jafar Mirzoev, who was arrested in a drug case after being expelled from Germany. His sentence was reduced from 6 to 5 years.

The Russians continue to shell the Donetsk, Kherson and Nikolaev regions of Ukraine.

The Krasnoyarsk Regional Court regularly rejects applications by the defence to transfer Apti Visaev, a native of Chechnya, from the pre-trial detention facility to house arrest. This was reported by his wife Aisha Mutaeva. According to the woman, the consideration of the Visaev case was transferred to the 1st Khabarovsk District Military Court. This will make it more difficult for the family to pay for the lawyers' tickets. 

The Milli Mejlis of Azerbaijan called upon the European deputies to reconsider their decision, not to feed the revanchist forces, to conduct constructive dialogue based on mutual respect and understanding. This is stated in Baku’s statement.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia fined five people for burning the flag of the European Union at protest rallies.

The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Zakharova spoke about the statement of Armenian Prime Minister Nikola Pashinyan that it is not his country that is leaving the CSTO, «but the CSTO is leaving Armenia».

On March 16, the Sovetsky District Court of Makhachkala sentenced one of the participants in the anti-mobilization rallies that took place in Dagestan on September 24-25, 2022 after the announcement of partial mobilization. Mukhamed-Afandi Asipov received a 4-year suspended sentence for using violence against a government official (Article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

On March 16, it became known that the judicial investigation in the case of Apti Visaev, a native of Chechnya, accused of inciting a terrorist attack and illegal possession of weapons and explosives, was being transferred from Krasnoyarsk to Khabarovsk. This will seriously complicate the defense of the defendant, his representatives note.

Russia stopped paying Armenia in dollars and euros. At the same time, choosing a currency for trade in the current conditions is a big problem, Armenian Minister of Economy Vagan Kerobyan said.