In Pyatigorsk, the director of the department of socio-economic development of the North Caucasus Federal District (NCFD) of the Ministry of Economic Development, Igor Khranovsky, was detained. A high-ranking official is suspected of embezzling budget funds.

An additional 29 tons of food were sent from Ingushetia to residents of the Gaza Strip. This was stated by the head of the region, Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov.

The relatives of Anna Tsomartova, who disappeared more than a month ago in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, are ready to pay 5 million rubles to anyone who finds her. This was reported by the girl’s mother Diana Tsomartova.

The World Happiness Report has named Finland the happiest country in the world for the seventh time in a row. The top 3 also included Denmark and Iceland. Russia was in 72nd place.

In connection with the beginning of Novruz, the days from March 20 to March 26 inclusive in Azerbaijan have been declared non-working.

In Vladikavkaz, a criminal case was opened against a serviceman for calls for terrorism due to a comment on Vkontakte.

On average, employees of government agencies in the regions of the North Caucasus receive from 53 to 55 thousand rubles per month. This is the highest salary in the industry.

The regions of the North Caucasus showed a very high percentage of votes for Vladimir Putin in the presidential elections of the Russian Federation, held on March 15-17. Thus, according to regional election commissions, in Chechnya they reported 98.9%.

The day before, more than a thousand people held a rally and march in Tbilisi under the slogan “Enough of Putin, lies, war, repression.” People also carried posters with the inscriptions “Freedom for political prisoners”, “Down with the Tsar” and others.

Based on the results of processing 100% of the protocols, the current President Vladimir Putin received 98,99% of the votes in Chechnya. This was reported by the regional election commission.