On March 9, the ruling Georgian Dream party and the pro-government parliamentary group Power of the People announced that they were withdrawing the bill “On transparency in the financing of external influence,” which had already passed its first reading in parliament and caused loud protests from the opposition.

On average, guests of Dagestan last year spent 5.5 thousand rubles for a day of stay.  This is the result of an analysis based on the expenditures of tourists, which was calculated in Sber.

Relatives of missing students from Ingushetia Malik and Ramazan Gandaloevs announced a reward of 1 million rubles for information about their location. They were previously wanted by the police. 

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky supported the participants of protests at the Parliament of Georgia, which also brought Ukrainian flags. " This respect for Ukraine, and I want to express sincere respect for Georgia," he said.
 

According to the local Ministry of Internal Affairs, about 50 employees of the department were injured. Several of them required surgery. Demonstrators in Tbilisi damaged cars, special equipment, set fire to the Parliament building, broke windows and broke security fences.

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.