2024-02-11 08:23:46
Police in Moscow and Yekaterinburg today made several arrests during protests organized by wives of Russians mobilized for the war in Ukraine, DPA reported, citing information on social platforms cited by DPA.
Five people were taken away by plainclothes policemen in the city of Ekaterinburg, in the Urals, while they were laying flowers in front of a military monument, the human rights website “OVD-Info” reports.
In Moscow, the police detained two journalists, reports the “SOTA” website. Both were subsequently released.
The Road Home movement, founded by the wives of conscripted servicemen, called for the protests. Activists laid flowers in front of military monuments in seven cities in memory of Russian soldiers who died in the Second World War, BTA reported.
In Moscow, the protest took place in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior next to the Kremlin walls. A long line of people formed in front of the memorial, many of them wearing red carnations. There was a large police presence at the scene, DPA notes.