A court in Kazan extended the arrest period for journalist and editor of the Tatar-Bashkir service of Radio Liberty Alsu Kurmasheva for another two months - until April 5. She is accused of failing to provide documents to the Ministry of Justice for inclusion in the register of “foreign agents.”

For several months, a peaceful situation has reigned on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. This was stated by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.

On February 1, Armenia officially joined the International Criminal Court (ICC). Last year, the country's President Vahagn Khachaturian signed a law ratifying the Rome Statute of the ICC. He accepted a statement that Armenia recognizes the powers of the court.

Ratification, which was previously signed by more than 100 states of the world, involves the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the event of his visit to Armenia. Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Peskov called this an “unfriendly step” on the part of Yerevan.

Former Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili officially became chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party. He resigned from his previous post on January 29.

The Baku Serious Crimes Court sentenced Elvin Mustafayev, a member of the alternative Confederation of Trade Unions “Work Table”, to three years in prison. He was accused of drug trafficking. He denied the accusations and linked them to his trade union and social activities.

The Supreme Court of Crimea considered the appeals and left the Crimean Solidarity activists from Bakhchisarai in pretrial detention. Seydamet Mustafayev, Eldar Yakubov, Abdulmedzhit Seitumerov, Ruslan Asanov, Ametkhan Umerov and Remzi Nimetulaev will be under arrest at least until April 22.

Over the year, proposed salaries in the North Caucasus Federal District increased by 25% - to an average of 41.3 thousand rubles. These are the data from the recruitment agency HeadHunter.

Magomedrasul Mutaev was shot dead at the entrance to a house in Makhachkala. The deceased was engaged in martial arts at the martial arts school named after Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov.

Nowhere in the North Caucasian Federal District and Adygea is there and will not be a listening to the Shaman’s song “I am Russian” before lessons in schools. This was reported by the Deputy Minister of Education of Kabardino-Balkaria Ekaterina Misostova, rejecting the information that appeared earlier in the media.

In addition to the previously widespread professional assessment under the category of “religious extremism,” the authorities of Dagestan began to practice persecution of citizens for their participation in protests. This was reported by the Memorial Human Rights Protection Center.