Sunday, February 27, 2022

SURPRISE! EVEN IN BELARUS THERE ARE PROTESTS AGAINST THE WAR

Watch: Anti-war march takes place in Moscow

Police officers detain a man during a protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine
 in central Moscow on February 27, 2022. - Photo by Alexander NEMENOV/ AFP

Police detain more than 900 people at anti-war protests across Russia

Police detained more than 900 people at anti-war protests that occurred in 44 Russian cities on Sunday, raising the total since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 to over 4,000, independent protest monitoring group OVD-Info said.

Sunday's protests coincided with the seventh anniversary of the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov. Some of Sunday's arrests took place at an improvised memorial just outside the Kremlin at the site where Nemtsov was shot, a witness said.

The OVD-Info monitor has documented crackdowns on Russia's opposition for years.

A demonstrator is detained by police officers during a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine - ANTON VAGANOV/REUTERS

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