The third president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, was found guilty of illegally crossing the border and sentenced to four years and six months in prison. Taking into account the three previous sentences, the politician's total prison term is 12.5 years, Mtavari reports. Thus, he will serve his sentence until April 1, 2034.

Ramzan Kadyrov awarded the title "Hero of Chechnya" to the commander of the "Aid" detachment of the "Akhmat" special forces Bekkhan Yunusov. Previously, he worked in the Moscow region police and was convicted of abuse of office. In addition, the police officer was suspected of fraud.

The Chairperson of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko sent a congratulatory telegram to the head and chairman of the People's Assembly of Ingushetia on the occasion of the 255th anniversary of the republic's accession to Russia.

The republics of the North Caucasus were at the bottom of the rating of Russian regions by salaries in various industries, compiled by RIA Novosti experts. The highest incomes in Ingushetia, Chechnya, the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, North Ossetia, Dagestan and the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic are paid in the civil service (57-63 thousand rubles on average). This industry turned out to be the leading one only in the republics of the North Caucasus and in Kalmykia.

The cause of the fire near the village of Khryug in the Akhtynsky district is the human factor. A local resident set fire to dry grass near the mountain, and from there the fire spread further. The head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, wrote about this in his Telegram channel.

In Yerevan, local police released Nikolai Zonov, who was detained in a criminal case of desertion in Russia. He was released without a preventive measure.

On March 27, the US Senate will consider the bipartisan MEGOBARI Act initiative concerning relations with Tbilisi. This was reported on the X social network by Washington-based journalist Alex Raufoglu, citing sources in Congress.

A video filmed by a resident of the Urus-Martan district of Chechnya, Shamkhan Talarov, has been distributed on social networks. In it, he reported that an ambulance was unable to enter the hospital grounds due to closed gates. The Grozny State TV Channel checked the information and found that it was not true.

In 2025, up to 300 government employees were dismissed in Georgia for political reasons, including 45 employees of the Tbilisi City Hall. These figures were cited at today's briefing by Tbilisi City Council deputy from the opposition party "Gakharia - for Georgia" Tata Khvedeliani.

A resident of the Kirov region, Nikolai Zonov, who left Russia in 2023, was detained in Yerevan. His wife, Armenian citizen Averik Zonova, said that after almost two years of working in the country, the man was going to obtain citizenship by marriage. However, he was recently detained by Armenian police after going to the passport office.