Former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan warned against the current government's flippant attitude toward possible harsh responses from Moscow. He believes the authorities fail to grasp the scale of the potential impact Russia could have, including tariff revisions and export blockages.
The third day of the protest rally in the center of Tbilisi was relatively quiet. People burned the Russian flag and issued a new ultimatum to the authorities: resign.
Earlier, all the protesters detained for administrative violations were released, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia reported. The President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili expressed satisfaction with the situation in the country. "This is the first sign for depolarization, I am sure that this unity is not a one-day one, it will definitely manifest itself at any stage of our European path," she said in her address.
On March 9, the ruling party "Georgian Dream", the public movement "Power of the People" and the parliamentary majority announced that they are withdrawing the draft law on foreign agents from the Parliament of Georgia. This came after massive street protests and demands from the opposition and many States.