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"Nearly 4,000 people have been detained at anti-war protests across Russia on Sunday, rights groups and Russian authorities say."

Posted by prayformojo (aka mayhem) Mar 6 '22, 09:12

Some 1,700 people were detained in Moscow alone, the RIA news agency reported, citing the interior ministry.

The OVD-Info rights group says detentions took place in 53 cities.

Although protests have become increasingly restricted in recent years, numerous rallies have taken place across Russia since the invasion.

In the last 11 days, more than 10,000 people have been detained at protests, OVD-Info says.

"The screws are being fully tightened - essentially we are witnessing military censorship," Maria Kuznetsova, OVD-Info's spokeswoman, told Reuters news agency from Tbilisi in Georgia.

"We are seeing rather big protests today - even in Siberian cities, where we only rarely saw such numbers of arrests."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60640204 (www.bbc.com)

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“What can they do? Send me to Siberia? I’m already here!” — Protester, probably. -- nm - Qale Mar 6, 09:14 1
- Last week, one story suggested that the protestors would be conscripted and sent to Ukraine. Which sounded like the dumbest idea ever. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 6, 09:20

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