Russia arrests over 5,000 in single day for protesting Ukraine war
The Hindu
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Russia detained more than 5,000 people protesting President Vladimir Putin's attack on Ukraine in dozens of cities on Sunday -- an unprecedented number as Moscow clamps down on anyone opposing the Kremlin's military assault on the country.
OVD-info, which monitors arrests during protests, said police had detained at least 5,016 people in 60 cities during the anti-war protests.
That is an unprecedented number for a single day and far higher than arrests made during a wave of protests that broke out in the country last year when opposition leader Alexei Navalny was imprisoned.
Mr. Navalny has called on Russians to protest the war in an appeal from his prison cell.
Protesters risk possible prison sentences by taking to the streets.
OVD-info said 2,394 had been arrested in Moscow.
Saint Petersburg saw at least 1,253 arrests, the monitor said.
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