The highest mortgage rates in the Russian Federation in 2024 were recorded in Chechnya and Ingushetia - 14% and 13%, respectively. At the same time, the average level in the country was 8.7%. These figures are published by NewsRu24, citing data from the Central Bank. The figures for Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria also exceeded 10%.

The Cherkessk City Court of the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic held the debate of the parties in the case of the former head of the Stavropol Territory Traffic Police Department, Aleksey Safonov. He is accused of creating a criminal organization, accepting bribes, and abusing his official powers.

The health of Crimean Tatar Tofik Abdulgaziyev has deteriorated due to the conditions of detention in Prison Hospital No. 3 in Chelyabinsk. He was previously diagnosed with lung lesions, and now he has been diagnosed with lymph node tuberculosis.

Today, Soviet Occupation Day is celebrated throughout Georgia. This is one of the most tragic dates in the country's modern history. Exactly 104 years have passed since the fall of Tbilisi as a result of the Red Army's invasion of Georgia.

The representative office of the Russian MIA Rossiya Segodnya (Sputnik) in Azerbaijan has been abolished. This was reported by the head of the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Ayhan Hajizade. He noted that this media structure can receive accreditation for only one correspondent.

Two famous Russian Armenians have been included in the EU sanctions list. They are comedian and showman Mikhail Galustyan and businessman Albert Avdolyan.

The authorities of Australia and New Zealand have joined international sanctions against the mother of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. Aimani Kadyrova, as the president of the Regional Public Foundation named after Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov, was named as being involved in "taking children out of Ukraine."

The Kirovsky District Court of the Republic of Crimea rejected Remzi Bekirov's claim against the administration of IK-33 in Khakassia. Earlier, the Crimean Tatar citizen journalist was placed in a punishment cell for five days for performing morning namaz.

More than 300 people attended events in Paris, Nice and Strasbourg on February 23 dedicated to the 81st anniversary of Stalin's deportation of Chechens and Ingush. In addition to representatives of these diasporas, members of the Ukrainian and Georgian communities joined the events.

Ingushetia, Crimea, Dagestan, Sevastopol and Chechnya are recognized as the least indebted regions of the Russian Federation. They have the lowest ratio of per capita debt on loans to average wages.