Most of those imprisoned in St. Petersburg – 18 people. Another 11 people were detained in Yekaterinburg, seven in Moscow, four each in Nizhny Novgorod and Barnaul.
At least 54 people were detained in 14 Russian cities in protests timed to coincide with the anniversary of the mass invasion of Ukraine. On this Friday evening, February 24, reports OVD-Info.
It is noted that most of the detainees in St. Petersburg – 18 people. There, police escorted people who came to lay flowers at the monument to Taras Shevchenko. Another 11 people were detained in Yekaterinburg, seven in Moscow, four each in Nizhny Novgorod and Barnaul.
According to OVD-Info, from February 24, 2022 to February 15, 2023, 19,586 cases of detentions of participants in anti-war actions were recorded in Russia.
Recall that on the first day of the mass invasion of the Russian Federation in February 2022, residents of various cities took anti-war actions.
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