224 protesters against the authorities have been detained in Georgia over four days of protests, the country's Interior Ministry reported. Two more people are under investigation in criminal cases: one of them threw an incendiary mixture at the parliament building, and the second injured a police officer with pyrotechnics.

Large-scale protests in the Georgian capital have been going on for the fourth day. Demonstrators, standing on the steps of the parliament, are throwing stones and firecrackers at the security forces. In response, special forces, sitting behind the columns, generously spray the protesters with a water cannon: the water is icy, the air temperature in the city is approaching zero. Local media reports that detentions have begun near the parliament building again.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has ruled out the possibility of holding new parliamentary elections in the country. He said this in response to a question from a local journalist, TASS reports.

Mass protests against the government's decision to suspend negotiations on Georgia's accession to the European Union continued in Tbilisi at night.

On Saturday evening, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili made an official statement that she does not intend to resign. She argues that the parliament, which is supposed to elect a new head of state in December, is “illegitimate.”

Head of Dagestan Sergey Melikov reported an attempt to attack a drone in Kaspiysk. There was no information about damage or casualties.

The dispersal of a large-scale pro-European protest on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi lasted almost seven hours and ended by morning. After pushing the protesters to the Rustaveli metro station and cordoning them off, mass arrests took place, Newsgeorgia reports. Recall that the reason for the new wave of protests was the government's statement about freezing negotiations on the country's European integration.

Large-scale protests against the government and the change in political course continue in Georgia. Protesters have erected barricades on Rustaveli Avenue, lit a fire and do not plan to disperse, despite the brutal dispersal and mass arrests.

Without friendship with Russia, Armenia will not survive as a state. This was stated by Deputy Speaker of the Russian State Duma Petr Tolstoy on the sidelines of the II Public Forum "Russia-Armenia".

Georgia is suspending the negotiation process on joining the European Union until 2028. This was announced yesterday by the reappointed Prime Minister of the country Irakli Kobakhidze.