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.

Official Tbilisi has co-authored the US-proposed resolution of the United Nations General Assembly (UN) on the war in Ukraine. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal, citing sources.

On February 23, 1944, Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin gave the order to deport Chechens and Ingush from the North Caucasus region to Central Asia and Siberia. This act was recognized as genocide by many countries and the European Parliament.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced contract soldier Algiz Valitov to two years in prison. He was found guilty of evading military service.