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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMore than 6,000 arrests in Russia during protests over Ukraine war, says human rights group
Demonstrators have been prepared to risk being taken away by police on a daily basis since Russias invasion of Ukraine last Thursday.
The protests show little sign of abating despite a police crackdown.
The OVD-Info human rights group that tracks political arrests says there have been 6,440 detentions in anti-war demonstrations in different cities across the country.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov sought to downplay the scale of the protests, saying that while Putin "hears everyone's opinion", he also knows "the share of those who have a different point of view and those who are sympathetic to such a necessary operation".
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More than 6,000 arrests in Russia during protests over Ukraine war, says human rights group (Original Post)
Uncle Joe
Mar 2022
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Hoyt
(54,770 posts)1. Hope Putin realizes world won't stand for putting them in "gulags."
Uncle Joe
(58,349 posts)2. I feel the same way Hoyt.
Rhiannon12866
(205,225 posts)3. Twitter reply:
Uncle Joe
(58,349 posts)4. Thanks for the addition Rhiannon
Rhiannon12866
(205,225 posts)5. No problem, my freind! I like adding the really good ones..