On 13 February 2004, the second president of the Chechen Republic, Ichkeria Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, was killed in Qatar. He was blown up in a car.

Rescuers from Azerbaijan continue to eliminate the consequences of a strong earthquake in Turkey. Emergency Situations Ministry rescued 51 people and removed 613 bodies. Four Azerbaijani students are still under the rubble. 

Grozny garrison military court did not satisfy the claim of former contractor Zaur Kaimov. He tried to reinstate himself after being fired for refusing to go on a field trip in July 2022.

In the new rating of RIA Novosti on the quality of life KSR took 80th place, and Ingushetia - penultimate, 84th. Worse position only at Tuva.

Those mobilized from Kaliningrad said that they were thrown into battle without preparation. Russia continues its offensive in the area of Kupyansk, Liman, Bakhmut, Avdeevka and the village of Novopavlovka. In the Kursk region, one person was killed and another was wounded as a result of shelling from Ukraine.

The trucks crossed the Margara Bridge on the border, which had been closed between Armenia and Turkey for 35 years. Ankara Special Representative Serdar Kylych thanked Yerevan for the assistance rendered to the victims of the earthquake by his fellow citizens.

The US is deeply concerned that Azerbaijani activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev remains in detention and continues to face politically motivated charges. This was reported by a representative of the State Department.

The Chechen authorities reported that according to the research of the State Agency of Strategic Initiatives, the republic took the eighth place in terms of quality of life. The rating is based on population surveys. Rosstat data look different.

Russian Muslims donated more than 150 million rubles to charitable foundations to help those affected by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. The Chechens of Azerbaijan are also providing humanitarian assistance.
 

The Russian army launched an offensive on the border of the Lugansk and Kharkov regions. An air raid alert was declared in all regions of Ukraine, Kharkov, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions were shelled.