Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili supported the protesters on Rustaveli Avenue against the draft law on foreign agents. She again announced that she would veto the bill. 

In Tbilisi, opponents of the law on foreign agents continue to protest. They have returned to the parliament building.
Today MPs have to make a decision to submit to the plenary session two bills on foreign agents - the Georgian and American versions. The legislature has strengthened security measures and restricted movement inside the building.

According to the results of 2022, the least alcohol consumption was found in the regions of the Northern Federal District. In Chechnya, 0.1 liters of strong alcohol were sold per capita, in Ingushetia, 0.5 liters, in Kabardino-Balkaria, 1 liter in North Ossetia, 1.1 liter in Dagestan, 1.5 liter in Karachay-Cherkessia.

The law enforcement agencies are looking for the Ingush Malgobek, three students of the Astrakhan State Medical Academy. At the end of February, the boys arrived in the republic and disappeared. According to the police, they can plan an attack.

More than 20 civil society and media activists of Azerbaijan stated that the conditions of registration and control of the Media Development Agency over the activities of the press and journalists are in fact censorship and aimed at suppressing free votes.

The North Ossetian State Medical Academy (SOSMA) took first place in the rating of RAEX. In second place Dagestan State University (DSU). Closes the three leaders Stavropol Medical University.

During the night, the police detained 36 people at a protest outside the parliament building in Tbilisi. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they are accused of minor hooliganism and disobedience to the authorities. 

In 2022, 1273 people left Chechnya outside the Russian Federation. This is four times more than in 2021. This is reported by Rosstat.

The investigators completed the investigation of criminal cases initiated under extremist article 282.2 of the Criminal Code against the residents of Dagestan, Tatiana Fomina and Zainulla Abdullayev. They consider the Russian Federation an illegitimate State. 

The military wing of Virda (sect) of Batal-Hadji Belkhorov in Ingushetia was recognized as a terrorist organization. This decision was made by the FSB of the Russian Federation.