Africa-Press – Mauritius. Police detained more than 2,000 people at anti-war protests held in 48 cities across Russia on Sunday, a protest monitoring group said, as people defied the authorities to show their anger over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
More than 5,500 people have been detained at various anti-war protests since the invasion began on Thursday, according to the OVD-Info monitor, which has documented crackdowns on Russia’s opposition for years.
In Moscow, riot police often outnumbered protesters, some of whom carried hand-written placards with peace signs and anti-war slogans in Russian and Ukrainian.
Some wore masks with the word “Enough” emblazoned in the front.
A reporter for the independent television channel Dozhd was arrested during the protests despite showing his accreditation to the police and wearing a press vest.
Thousands took to the streets in Russia on Sunday to protest Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, risking beatings and getting arrested.
In Moscow, people placed flowers at the site where Boris Nemtsov, a Russian opposition politician, was killed.
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