There are over 1,000 arrests held today, Sunday (6/3) in demonstrations that took place in 30 cities across Russia against the decision of President Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraineaccording to an independent observatory based in Russia.
The OVD-Info protest monitoring group said people had been arrested during demonstrations, including in Vladivostok and the Siberian city of Irkutsk.
Opposition activists have posted videos showing demonstrations in other cities.
Reuters was unable to independently verify the information.
The agency was unable to contact police in Vladivostok or Irkutsk. It was not possible to contact the Russian Interior Ministry.
The Russian Ministry of Interior, as broadcast by the Athens News Agency, warned yesterday Saturday (5/3) that any attempt to hold unauthorized demonstrations will be prevented and that the organizers will be arrested.
A video posted on social media shows a protester in a square in the eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk shouting “No to war – as if you are not ashamed” before being arrested by two police officers.
The police used loudspeakers to tell a small group of protesters in Hampolampsk: “Honorable Citizens, participate in an unauthorized public event. We ask you to disperse “.
Reuters was unable to independently verify the post.
Alexei Navalny calls on citizens to protest against the war in Ukraine
The imprisoned critic of the Kremlin Alexei Navalny had called for demonstrations today across Russia and the rest of the world against the invasion that Russia launched on February 24.
About 2,000 people took part in an anti-war demonstration in Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty, according to videos posted on social media. Reuters could not independently verify these posts.
Crowds chanted slogans such as “No to war” and “Putin is soft” while waving Ukrainian flags.
Activists placed blue and yellow balloons in the hand of a statue of Lenin that dominates the small square where the demonstration took place.
“Because of Putin, Russia is now equivalent to a war for many people,” Navalny said on Friday. “This is not right: it was Putin, not Russia, who attacked Ukraine.”
The Russian president has ordered what he sees as a special military operation to defend Russian-speaking communities from persecution in Ukraine and to prevent the United States from using Ukraine to threaten Russia.
The West has called his arguments an unfounded pretext for war and imposed sanctions aimed at crippling the Russian economy. The United States, Britain and some other NATO members have supplied weapons to Ukraine.
Its acceptance rates Vladimir Putin have been launched in Russia since the invasion, according to Moscow-based polling companies.
Putin’s approval ratings rise 6 percentage points to 70% weekly by February 27, according to the state poll VsTIOM. The FOM poll, which provides research on the Kremlin, found that Putin’s approval rating rose by 7 percentage points to 71% in the same week.
Source: News Beast
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