More than 2,000 anti-war protesters were detained in different Russian cities on Sunday, said OVD-info, an NGO that monitors the arrests at protests
Since President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine more than 5,200 peace protesters have been arrested, added that ong.
AFP reporters witnessed on Sunday the arrest of some 200 people in St. Petersburgthe second city of Russia.
Thousands have defied Russia’s strict laws on protest demonstrations to organize them.
Around 400 people had gathered in the old imperial capital and many were carrying banners with legends such as “No to war”, “The Russians are going home” and “Peace for Ukraine”.
“It’s a shame there are hundreds, maybe thousands of us and not millions.”Engineer Vladimir Vilokhonov, 35, who participated in the protest, told AFP.
“I am against the war. I was born in 1941 and I know what it means”, said Valeria Andreyeva, born the year Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union.
In Moscow, AFP reporters saw the arrest of some 50 people in Pushkin Square. (I)
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