More than 30 people were detained in Ingushetia, North Ossetia and Moscow for theft in the Pension Fund. The damage is estimated at 2 billion rubles.

The European Union has launched a civilian mission to Armenia, which should contribute to the settlement of the situation with Azerbaijan. The observers comprise about 100 persons. 

Ankara does not intend to allow the US and European sanctions against Russia to be bypassed through Turkey. This was stated by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Chavushoglu.

The rescue forces of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan in Turkey continue operations to eliminate the consequences of the earthquake. In total, they recovered 53 people alive from the rubble, as well as 780 bodies.

Public activist Baku Bakhtiyar Hajiyev continues his hunger strike for 42 days. Meanwhile, since February 16, he went on a dry hunger strike.

Zarema Musayeva’s lawyers challenged the presiding judge, Musa Vagapov. The defence argued that he belonged to the panel of the Supreme Court of Chechnya and that his son worked for the Prosecutor’s Office. The applicants were rejected immediately.

After visiting former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in a Tbilisi clinic, a council of doctors noted a deterioration in his health. He continues to lose weight, and treatment is symptomatic.

Businessman and member of the Federation Council from Dagestan Suleiman Kerimov donated 200 million rubles to the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

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.