The signatories of the appeal in defense of scientists of the Institute for Humanitarian Research of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic are under pressure, they are summoned to law enforcement agencies. This was reported by the Memorial Human Rights Protection Center.

An audio recording of conversations about prayer, secretly made in a mosque back in 2015, became evidence for the prosecution in the case of the “first Jankoy group” of Hizb ut-Tahrir. Previously, its participants - activist Enver Krosh, journalist Vilen Temeryanov, Rinat Aliyev, Murat Mustafayev, Seityagi Abbozov and Edem Bekirov - were recognized as political prisoners.

In Dagestan, security forces detained a former member of the detachment of Chechen field commanders Shamil Basayev and Khattab. Ibragim Magomedov is accused of participating in an attack on the Novolaksky region of Dagestan in 1999 during the second Russian-Chechen war.

The Baku Serious Crimes Court sentenced activist Samir Ashurov to 6.5 years in prison. He was accused of stabbing a man.

The Lefortovo court in Moscow extended the arrest of 25-year-old Ukrainian citizen and Crimean Tatar Leniya Umerova until March 4, 2025. Russian authorities accuse her of espionage. The lawyers insisted on a written undertaking not to leave the place. They are not informed about investigative actions.

The Azerbaijani authorities do not release political prisoners, but increase their number with new arrests. Their number exceeded 200 people, the leading opposition party Popular Front of Azerbaijan (PFPA) stated. Previously, she refused to nominate her candidate for the country's early presidential elections.

The Nalchik garrison court sentenced mobilized Islam Margushev to five years in prison. According to investigators, the man left the military unit in December 2022 and was found at his place of residence in April of this year.

The Southern District Military Court upheld the sentence against contract soldier from Dagestan Nurislam Magomedov. He was sentenced to six years in prison, having been found guilty of leaving his unit without permission.

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili commented on the decision of the European Council to grant Georgia candidate status for accession to the European Union.

On December 15, 2011, the founder of the Chernovik newspaper, Khadzhimurad Kamalov, was killed. He was shot in Makhachkala on the threshold of the editorial office, when he went out into the street and was about to get into a taxi.