Azerbaijani Ombudsman Sabina Aliyeva visited the former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh in the pretrial detention center of the State Security Service. She received and listened to Ruben Vardanyan, Arayik Harutyunyan, Arkady Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan, David Babayan and other prisoners, who are called "Karabakh separatists" in Baku.

The European Court of Human Rights has upheld the complaint of Novaya Gazeta and its employees, filed in connection with threats from the Chechen leadership. The ECHR awarded the corresponding compensation: 7,500 euros to the newspaper, 9,800 euros each to its directors Dmitry Muratov and Sergei Kozheurov, as well as journalist Elena Milashina.

The parents of Kurban Dalgatov, who died as a result of torture in the Sovetsky District Department of Internal Affairs of Makhachkala, held single-person pickets. They expressed their disagreement with the lenient sentence for one of the defendants, former employee of the criminal investigation department of the district department of internal affairs Islam Atavov. He made a deal with the investigation and was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison.

The Irkutsk Regional Court issued 12 sentences in the case of the riot of prisoners in IK-15 in Angarsk. Among the defendants is Chechen Khumay Khaidayev, sentenced to 17 years. He and the others were found guilty under Parts 1 and 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (mass riots) and Part 3 of Article 321 of the Criminal Code (disorganization of the activities of institutions that ensure isolation from society).

The Supreme Court of Crimea approved the detention of Crimean Tatars Emir Kurtnezirov, Abibulla Semedlyaev, Rustem Mustafayev, Bakhtiyar Ablaev and Myrzaali Tazhibaev. According to lawyer Emil Kurbedinov, the judge "simply took and rewrote" the investigator's assumptions in the ruling.

In Vladikavkaz, courts imposed fines of 10 thousand rubles on local residents Alina Torchinova and Vladimir Akoyev. They were found guilty under the administrative article on inciting hatred and enmity towards government officials.

A rally in support of Ruben Vardanyan and other Karabakh leaders held in Baku was held in the Armenian region of Syunik. Demonstrators are calling on the Armenian government and diplomats accredited in the country to take real steps to release political prisoners.

On February 28, the European Court of Human Rights fully satisfied the request of the Social Justice Center and prohibited Georgia from extraditing journalist Afgan Sadigov to Azerbaijan until a final decision on his case is made. This was reported by the director of the organization, Tamta Mikeladze.

A blind Muslim from Crimea, Alexander Sizikov, who was sentenced to 17 years, was transported to a prison in Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai. He has a Group I disability due to vision impairment. The man was blinded in a traffic accident in 2009.

26-year-old Chechen resident Ramzan Ismailov is accused of recruiting for participation in a terrorist organization or providing assistance to militants, including financing terrorism. He could have been kidnapped by security forces earlier.