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The European Union (EU) and the USA have reacted negatively to the special operation aimed to detain Nika Meliya, an opposition leader, in Tbilisi and his arrest, 26 Georgian NGOs have stated. The tough authorities' actions against the opposition may complicate integration into the EU and NATO, Kakha Gogolashvili, a political analyst, has stated.

The night at the venue of the action held in front of the parliament building in Yerevan passed without incidents; some 30 oppositionists stayed in the tent camp. Today, the opposition has planned another rally demanding resignation of Nikol Pashinyan.

In Tbilisi, protesters have set up a tent camp near the parliament building. Opposition supporters from regions intend to join them during the day. Should the situation deteriorate, protesters threaten to set up tents on the roadway.

On February 26, residents of Azerbaijan honoured the memory of the victims of the Khojaly tragedy; some commemoration events were held online due to the pandemic. Refugees shared their memories of those events.

The detention of Akhmed Pogorov, the co-chairman of the World Congress of the Ingush People, within the case of the rally in Magas in 2019 will not affect the trial of the protest leaders, since the trial has already shown the inconsistency of charges against activists, human rights defenders believe.

In Batumi, in the dwelling settlement "Dream City", they began building three houses for forced migrants, regional authorities have announced. However, residents are not sure that the houses will be completed amid the ongoing political crisis in Georgia, while the available housing facilities are completely unfit for living, forced migrants have complained.

Employees of the penal colony in Yaroslavl have been detained within the case of beating up inmates after the video was posted showing the torture of Vazha Bochorishvili, a Georgian citizen, and another person.

In his last plea in court, Martin Kochesoko has denied the charges of drug dealing and called his public activities the reason for his prosecution. Law enforcers fabricated the case unconvincingly; the public is confident in the activist's innocence, Kochesoko's supporters have stated.

The Nikol Pashinyan's conflict with the leaders of the General Headquarters of the Armenia's Armed Forces has revealed the Prime Minister's low authority in the army and the generals' ties with the previous authorities, political analysts note.

In Tskhinvali, a protest action is stopped because of the health state of Inal Djabiev's parents. The family intends to wait for the trial.

Church services should not be stopped under any circumstances, especially because believers need spiritual support during the pandemic and crisis, parishioners of Abkhaz churches say.

Azerbaijan has handed over to Armenia all the military personnel captured during the combat actions in Karabakh, and only "saboteurs" remain detained in Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliev announces.

The opposition marched from the building of the Armenian parliament to the residences of the President and Prime Minister. President Armen Sargsyan agreed to meet opposition representatives to discuss ways out of the political crisis in the country.

Law enforcers have detained Akhmed Pogorov, a co-chairman of the World Congress of Ingush People, who was on the wanted list within the case of a rally in Magas, his advocate has informed.

Law enforcers have encircled the building of the Armenian Parliament, in front of which a protest action by Nikol Pashinyan's opponents is held. Both additional police forces and opposition supporters are gathering in the square in central Yerevan.

The version of Chechen law enforcers that LGBT people, Salekh Magamadov, and his underage brother supplied militants, who treat same-sex relations as a sin, is unrealistic, Alexei Malashenko believes. The resonant detention of Chechen residents in another region has forced authorities to fabricate a case, but by doing so they equated LGBT people to terrorists, said Mikhail Roschin, an Orientalist.

In his last plea, Vadim Tekhov, sentenced to 16 years in a high-security colony for killing his ex-wife, Regina Gagieva, has pled guilty and repented. The victims failed to believe in his sincerity. The founder of the "Khotae" community to help domestic violence victims has stated that activists are satisfied with the verdict.

Militaries can interfere into the internal political situation, if the President of Armenia approves the resignation of the Chief of the General Staff, or if protests are suppressed by force, political analysts have predicted. The General Staff's demand for Pashinyan's resignation has reduced his chances of retaining power, Stepan Danielyan, a political analyst, believes.

The Georgia's General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has expressed its readiness to release Nika Meliya, the leader of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, from custody on bail, but advocates have criticized this proposal as politically motivated. The court refused to consider the defence's appeal against the oppositionist's arrest.

At schools, they tell little about the events of February 1921, when the Red Army invaded Georgia, the participants in the mourning rally in Tbilisi have stated. It is important to preserve democracy in Georgia, the foreigners who took part in the rally have stressed.