The Investigative Committee refused to open a criminal case on the fact of torture against Dagestan native Magomed Magomedov in the Razvilkovsky police department of the city of Vidnoye. According to lawyer Sergei Uzdensky, the decision made by the investigation was an example of "unconditional trust" in the testimony of the Ministry of Internal Affairs officers without a real check of their arguments.

The Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia has brought new charges against the third president of the country, Serzh Sargsyan, for embezzlement and money laundering on an especially large scale. According to investigators, he illegally acquired real estate on the territory of the Yerablur military pantheon. The defendant was given a preventive measure in the form of a written undertaking not to leave.

The Shali City Court scheduled the first hearing on a new criminal case against Zarema Musayeva for March 21. According to investigators, she hit an FSIN officer who accompanied her during trips to the hospital and tore off his shoulder strap. The defendant denies all charges against her. In addition, she claims that given her health, she would not have been physically able to attack the guard even if she had wanted to.

42-year-old Chechen native Magomed Alkhanov was added to the list of "extremists and terrorists" by Rosfinmonitoring. In 2024, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of attacking Pskov paratroopers in 2000 near the village of Ulus-Kert in the Vedensky District. It was reported that 84 soldiers were killed in the attack. The Memorial Human Rights Center stated that the criminal case against Alkhanov was fabricated.

Tbilisi City Court sentenced former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to 9 years in prison in the so-called "jacket case".

17-year-old Adam Kadyrov, one of the sons of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, has been awarded again. He was presented with a chest badge of the OMON detachment "Akhmat-Grozny". The reason was for "constant assistance and support of the service and combat activities of the unit."

A court in Baku sentenced one of the leaders of the opposition movements - the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) and the Musavat Party - Tofig Yagublu to nine years in prison. He pointed to the lack of evidence and falsification of the criminal case.

A criminal case on the creation of a terrorist group and participation in it has been opened in Dagestan. The defendants are four residents of the republic, killed last week in a shootout with security forces in Makhachkala. Another defendant was sent to custody. The names of all five defendants are unknown.

The first hearing in the criminal case against journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova was held in the 2nd Western District Military Court. She is accused of justifying terrorism. The court rejected the defense's motion.

Activist Asan Akhtemov, sentenced to 15 years, was taken to IK-5 in the Arkhangelsk region. He told his wife that the transfer from Vladimir was difficult and he fell ill.