Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili and Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze congratulated the country's Muslim community on Ramadan. This year, the holiday fell on March 20. However, due to the death of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia on March 17, the festivities in Georgia were canceled.

Over the past 24 hours, 28 people were evacuated across the border between Iran and Azerbaijan, including two Azerbaijani citizens and two Russians. As of March 23, a total of 2,949 citizens from 76 countries have been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan.

Crimean Tatar human rights activist and journalist Server Mustafayev, sentenced to 14 years in prison, was transferred to a cell-type unit (PKT) in Penal Colony No. 1 in Tambov for one month. According to his wife, Maya Mustafayeva, her husband has been in strict conditions since February 2024. The prison administration previously attributed the tightening of measures to the "severity of the article."

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry is awaiting an official explanation from the Russian side following a statement made by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova at a recent briefing.

Estonian authorities have deported a Chechen native to Russia who had applied for international protection, according to Kavkaz.Realii, citing human rights activist and Ichkeria's representative abroad, Roza Dunayeva.

The Republic of Armenia has sent humanitarian aid to Iran. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan announced this at a parliamentary session.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a telephone conversation, focusing on current issues on the bilateral agenda and prospects for developing relations between the countries. The conversation took place at the initiative of the Armenian side.

A Simferopol court denied political prisoner Ametkhan Abdulvapov's request to invalidate his transfer to a penal colony in Angarsk (Irkutsk Region). The colony is located more than 5,500 kilometers from Crimea.

For five days in a row, Maira Babayan has been sitting on a bench outside the Government House in Vladikavkaz. She is protesting the sentence of her son, who was found guilty of leaving his military unit without leave.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that if his Civil Contract party fails to secure a majority of seats in the parliamentary elections, the country could face war.