Russian police have detained about 300 people for participating in anti-war protests against Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
Demonstrations are taking place in many places across Russia to protest the Russian-led conflict.
Since the invasion of Ukraine began, 14,219 people in 112 Russian cities have been arrested for participating in anti-war protests, according to the independent human rights body OVD-Info.
The monitoring website reports that since February 24, police have detained at least 359 people in 28 cities.
They added that the actual number of those arrested could be even higher.
Russian police detained about 300 people for participating in anti-war protests against Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine (police detained a man during a protest on Manezhnaya Square in central Moscow)
Demonstrations are taking place in many places across Russia to protest against the Russian-led conflict (a man was detained during a protest against Russian military actions in Ukraine in Moscow)
Data suggests 14,219 people in 112 Russian cities have been arrested for taking part in anti-war protests since the invasion of Ukraine began, according to independent human rights body OVD-Info (a man was detained in downtown Moscow on Sunday)
As the conflict enters its third week, Russian protests across the country against Putin’s “military operation” in Ukraine continue despite thousands of people being detained for it.
An AFP journalist who attended a protest in Moscow on Sunday witnessed at least a dozen arrests.
They added that the police took everyone away without press releases.
The video shows police using batons and stun guns in a brutal attempt to quell any opposition to the invasion of Ukraine on a record day of arrests.
Police officers in central Moscow were seen mistreating many people who took part in protests against Russia’s military actions on Manezhnaya Square on Sunday.
The monitoring website reports that since February 24, police have detained at least 359 people in 28 cities. They added that the actual number of detainees could be even higher (Police take a woman away from a protest on Manezhnaya Square)
As the conflict enters its third week, Russian protests across the country against Putin’s “military operation” in Ukraine continue despite thousands being detained for it (police detain a man in central Moscow on Sunday).
An AFP journalist who attended a protest in Moscow on Sunday witnessed at least a dozen arrests. They added that the police took everyone away without press bulletins (Policemen carried the detainee’s bicycle during a protest in Moscow on Sunday)
The video shows police using batons and stun guns in a brutal attempt to quell any opposition to the invasion of Ukraine on a record day of arrests (pictured Sunday, March 13).
Police officers in central Moscow were seen mistreating many people who took part in protests against Russia’s military actions on Manezhnaya Square on Sunday.
A journalist saw a young woman shouting “peace to the world” as she was taken away by two policemen.
Some OMON fighters had the letter “Z” in the color of the Russian flag on their helmets.
The letter, seen on Russian tanks and vehicles in Ukraine, has become a symbol of support for what Moscow calls its “special military operation.”
In Russia’s second city, St. Petersburg, AFP recorded several arrests, including a protester being dragged across the ground.
Footage shared on social media shows the moment a Russian police officer grabs a woman protesting in Moscow against the war in Ukraine.
He drags her back and shouts: “Well, you don’t understand a damn thing!”.
Footage shared on social media shows the moment a Russian police officer grabs a woman protesting in Moscow against the war in Ukraine. He drags her back and shouts: “Well, you don’t understand shit!” (on the picture)
The central Nevsky Prospekt of the city was blocked by the police, and dozens of police vans were parked along the road. According to AFP, several journalists were detained (the man in the picture is being carried away by police on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow).
The central Nevsky Prospekt of the city was blocked by the police, and dozens of police vans were parked along the road.
According to AFP, several journalists were detained.
Kristina, 20, wearing a yellow hat and blue jacket, said she was “protesting” by wearing the colors of the Ukrainian flag.
“It’s scary to go out into the street, of course, everyone is detained. Many of my friends have been detained in the past few days, some have even been expelled from the university,” she told AFP.
Police arrested more than 5,000 protesters across Russia over the weekend, and Vladimir Putin’s brutal crackdown on anti-war dissent continued as his army of police thugs brutally beat demonstrators.
On Sunday, March 6 alone, 5,016 people across the country were detained for participating in unsanctioned demonstrations and faced charges of treason.
Police arrested more than 5,000 protesters across Russia this past weekend, and Vladimir Putin’s brutal crackdown on anti-war dissent continued as his army of police thugs brutally beat demonstrators.
On Sunday, March 6 alone, 5,016 people across the country were detained for participating in unsanctioned demonstrations and faced charges of treason.
In Yekaterinburg last week, one driver was stopped, pulled out of his car and detained after he honked his horn in support of protesters, while others were beaten with batons for innocuous reasons such as filming a rally (the people pictured were detained by police in central Moscow on Sunday to protest against Russian invasion of Ukraine)
In Yekaterinburg last week, one driver was stopped, pulled out of his car and detained after he honked in support of protesters, while others were beaten with batons for innocuous reasons, such as filming a rally.
In Krasnoyarsk, a policeman was erasing the slogan “No to war” written in the snow.
In Kaliningrad, an elderly woman scolded the police: “I survived the blockade of Leningrad! My father died at the front […] What do you want from me?’
Policemen block the street during a demonstration against the Russian military operation
Another said: “We have friends and family in Ukraine! You came to support the Nazis?
The officers then ordered them all to be arrested.
Thousands of protesters chanted “No to war!” and “Shame on you!”, according to videos posted on social media by opposition activists and bloggers.
Memorial, Russia’s best-known human rights organization, said one of its leading activists, Oleg Orlov, was detained on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow while holding a banner.
“The nuts are being tightened completely – in fact, we are witnessing military censorship,” OVD-Info spokeswoman Maria Kuznetsova said by phone from Tbilisi.
“Today we are seeing quite large protests, even in Siberian cities, where we have rarely seen such a number of arrests.”
To further quell criticism, Putin signed a law on Friday providing for up to 15 years in prison for fake news about the Russian army.
The bill provides for jail terms of varying lengths and fines for people who publish “knowingly false information” about the military, with harsher penalties if dissemination is deemed to have serious consequences.
Protesters risk fines and possibly jail time if they take to the streets.