Nine Georgian parties announced the formation of an opposition alliance on the 460th day of protests.

Georgia's fifth president, Salome Zurabishvili, welcomed the unification of nine Georgian parties into an opposition alliance. A rally against fabricated drug cases preceded the gathering at the Georgian Parliament on the 460th day of protests.

As "Caucasian Knot" reported, on March 1, the 459th day of daily protests, participants in a rally on Rustaveli Avenue protested against the activities of propaganda television channels.

Supporters of Georgia's European integration gathered today on the pedestrian zone of Rustaveli Avenue for the 460th consecutive evening. Protesters, who continued to demand the release of political prisoners and new parliamentary elections, brought with them national flags, EU flags, and posters with various slogans and appeals.

Activists held posters reading "We'll Win Together," "Never While We're Alive," "Down with Wild Capitalism," "People Are Starving," and "Uprising is a Means Against Tyranny," according to posts by photographer Mo Se and Georgian media outlets* on Facebook.

The rally on Rustaveli Avenue was preceded by a protest outside the Georgian Prosecutor General's Office. This afternoon, activists held a protest there against the practice of planting drugs and falsifying criminal cases. Lawyers, relatives of political prisoners, and people prosecuted on fabricated drug charges participated in the protest, including protester and journalist Nika Katsia, who was acquitted of the charge, Tbilisi_life reports.

The protesters held signs reading "No to drug stashes" (the protesters called the process of planting drugs in a detainee's pocket a stash - ed. by "Caucasian Knot"), "Punish dishonest witness-interpreters," "Freedom for prisoners of conscience," "One stash - one ruined life," "They're slipping drugs to innocent people and making them guilty," "This criminal practice concerns us all," and "Anastasia, Anton, and Artem were planted with drugs!"

Nine opposition political forces in Georgia today announced the creation of an "Opposition Alliance." The parties that joined the alliance include Akhali, Girchi - More Freedom, Droa, the United National Movement, European Georgia, Strategy Agmashenebeli, Federalists, Freedom Square, and the National Democratic Party. The goals of the alliance, which has been under negotiation since December 2025, are to end the "autocratic regime" of Bidzina Ivanishvili, restore Georgia's Euro-Atlantic course, and ensure democratic governance, security, and the well-being of citizens, Publika reports.

Georgia's fifth president, Salome Zurabishvili, welcomed the creation of the opposition alliance. She said this union demonstrates that "democratic forces in Georgia are ready to take the initiative and act to save the country." "The country's independence, freedom, and development must be above any partisan or narrow interests," she wrote on social media.

The Gakharia for Georgia and Lelo - Strong Georgia parties rejected the idea of ​​unification, while Georgian Dream leader Irakli Kirtskhalia called the creation of an opposition political alliance "a clown show," SOVAnews notes.

Protesters in Georgia have been demanding new parliamentary elections and the release of political prisoners since November 28, 2024. Security forces violently dispersed the protests, using tear gas and water cannons, and detained protesters. Over 1,000 people were subjected to administrative prosecution during the protests. The "Caucasian Knot" has prepared a report, "Key Points on the Persecution of Protesters in Georgia".