During the years of the second Russian-Chechen armed conflict, thousands and thousands of people were kidnapped and disappeared into obscurity. If for some of them relatives have guesses and suspicions that they were taken away on some, albeit often dubious, basis, then why were others kidnapped? This remains a mystery to this day. Death squads are behind many of these crimes.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev addressed the panel discussion on security in the South Caucasus in Munich. According to him, Baku and Yerevan should show everyone that the violence should be stopped and a peace treaty signed.

Heavy fighting for Bakhmut continues. Russian media report the advance of the Wagner PMC north of Bakhmut in the village of Paraskovievka. Ukrainian sources claim that southwest of Bakhmut, Ukrainian forces managed to push back Russian troops in the area of ​​the village of Ivanovskoye.

Three of the five students returned to Novocherkassk Medical College. In January, they were expelled for wearing a hijab.

Wagner PMC mercenaries complain about the lack of ammunition near Bakhmut.

Kemran Agabekov was ordered to pay a fine of 50,000 rubles by the court in Makhachkala. Since September 2022, he was also in the pre-trial detention centre. 

The church will help overcome the challenges facing Armenia and Nagorny Karabakh. This was stated by Catholicos of Armenia Garegin II at a meeting of priests. He noted that recent events, internal and external challenges have presented the Armenian people with serious problems. 

The Court of Appeal in Vlasich (Moscow Region) did not satisfy the complaints and kept Crimean Tatars Seyran Khayredinov and Alim Sufyanov in detention. Russian Muslim Alexander Sisikov with a disability 1st Group vision will be under house arrest.

The Supreme Court of North Ossetia refused to accept the complaint of journalist Ruslan Totrov. Earlier, he was fined three times under the article about «discrediting» of the Russian army.

The day before, the Government of Georgia had sent more than 100 tons of humanitarian aid to Turkey. It includes food, clothing, medical supplies, first aid supplies, baby food, generators, sleeping bags.