An explosion occurred in Russian-occupied Ukrainian Melitopol in the Zaporozhye region. A police officer was injured.

The United States Department of State records the facts of killings, torture and other inhuman phenomena in Azerbaijan, as well as the harsh conditions in the country’s prisons. It’s in the State Department’s annual human rights report.

The Leninsky District Court of Vladikavkaz dismissed the claim of Zemfira Tskaeva to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for compensation of moral damage in the amount of 15 million rubles. The woman is the widow of Vladimir Tskayev who was murdered in 2015.

The first day of the holy month of Ramadan in Chechnya, Ingushetia, the CBD, North Ossetia and Dagestan will be March 23. The muftiats of the republics reported this. 

The refusal to open a criminal investigation into the torture of actor Timur Debyshev of the Grozny Russian Drama Theatre is legal. This decision was made by the Staropromyslovsky District Court of Grozny, as reported by «Team against Torture».

The Southern District Military Court sentenced Amethan Abdulwapov to 10 years and 6 months of imprisonment. 
The defense completely disagrees with this verdict. We consider it illegal and unfounded, we intend to appeal it in the court of appeal», - said lawyer Refat Yunus.

In Georgia, the relatives of former President Mikheil Saakashvili were repeatedly invited to invite foreign doctors for his treatment. This was stated by Justice Minister Rati Bregadze. 

Deputies from Ingushetia submitted a bill to the State Duma on the right of schoolchildren to wear clothing in accordance with their national traditions and religion, including the hijab.

Russian aviation launched a missile strike on Odessa, drones attacked Kyiv, Zhitomir and other regions, there were deaths.

Foreign trade turnover between Georgia and Russia for two months of 2023 amounted to 467.1 million dollars. This is 70% higher than the level of January-February 2022.