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.

The Second Western Military Court in Moscow sentenced Dagestan Gazi Isayev, former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Kizlyar district, to life imprisonment. He was accused of aiding and abetting acts of terrorism in the Moscow metro. He pleaded not guilty, calling all charges false and falsified. 

The Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the 9th anniversary of the annexation of Crimea. We reaffirm our support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.

Investigative agencies have changed the accusation against Chechen native Zelimkhan Mazayev. He is accused of transferring money to supporters of the extremist ISIS group. He was previously accused of creating the NVF.

The Southern Military Court in Rostov rejected the defence request to return to the Prosecutor’s Office the criminal case concerning the murder of Ibrahim Eljarkiev, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Centre for Combating Extremism.

In 35 regions of the Russian Federation began to actively distribute summons for arrival at military commissariats. Among them is Dagestan. This was stated in the human rights group «Agora».

As a result of shelling in the Donetsk region, 2 civilians were killed and 8 were injured. Kherson was shelled, 1 person was wounded.