Several hundred people have been detained across Russia on Wednesday as rallies against a military mobilization declared by Vladimir Putin for the war in Ukraine took place in areas from the Far East to Moscow.
According to the independent OVD-Info police monitor, at least 525 protesters have been detained nationwide so far with at least half of the count recorded in Moscow.
The Vesna opposition movement as well as supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny called on Russians nationwide to take to the streets on Wednesday evening to oppose the Kremlin’s decision to bolster its forces in Ukraine with a “partial” mobilization.