Reporters for the arrested protesters come from a total of 32 cities, from Saint Petersburg in the west to Siberia in the east. This was reported by the independent Russian human rights organization OVD-info, which monitors the demonstrations.
I see it as my duty to express my opinions. People don’t think there are many of us, but there is a protester named Anton for Czech Television in Moscow.
According to the organization, most of the detainees, numbering more than 300, are in the capital. Pictures from Moscow show how riot police forcibly drag people.
Another clip shared widely on social media shows a wheelchair-bound amputee-legged woman holding a sign that reads “Want to be like me?” , and then surrounded by the police who tear the banner for her hands.
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Also earlier this week, large demonstrations broke out in Russia as a result of the mobilization. On Wednesday, the same day Putin’s order was issued, more than 1,000 protesters were arrested, according to OVD-info.
As the protests unfolded, the Moscow Prosecutor’s Office issued a warning that organizing – or participating in – protests could result in a sentence of up to 15 years in prison, according to the Associated Press. Several major news agencies also reported that people who pretended to be self-proclaimed should have received summonses while in police custody.
See photos of Russian police interventions against protesters in the clip above.
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