Foreign trade turnover between Georgia and Russia for two months of 2023 amounted to 467.1 million dollars. This is 70% higher than the level of January-February 2022.

The employees of the Investigative Committee and the CPE of the Ministry of Internal Affairs visited the members of the Human Rights Protection Center «Memorial» in Moscow (recognized as a foreign agent). Searches take place at least eight locations.

The Military Court of Appeal returned the case of the native of Ingushetia Daud Mamilov, who was sentenced to 8 years on charges of involvement in the «Islamic State» (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation). The defendant and the defence were not informed of the trial transcript.

The UN named the countries where the happiest and most satisfied people live. Russia ranked 70th, Armenia 79th, Georgia 90th, Ukraine 92nd. Azerbaijan is not on the list.

The President of the National Assembly of Armenia, Alain Simonyan, clarified the country’s initiation of the process of approval of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). 

The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria decided to re-examine the case of the convicted Shamil Abanokov. He claims compensation for the fact that he spent six years in the Nalchik remand centre and received no medical treatment.

The Russian authorities replace the concepts, calling wars different terms. «The war in Ukraine is called a "special military operation", - said Alexander Cherkasov, member of the CDI «Memorial». - The first war in Chechnya was described by the federal authorities as "the operation to disarm illegal gangs and restore constitutional order", and the second as a "counter-terrorism operation". The war with Georgia in 2008 is a "peace enforcement operation"».

Public activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev appealed to the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev for assistance in his release from custody.  

The head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Refat Chubarov shared a video of Crimean Tatar soldiers fighting in Bakhmut - the hottest point of the war in Ukraine.

Shelling of the Kherson and Donetsk regions continues, 3 dead and 10 wounded civilians are reported.