Greater than 13,000 protesters have been arrested in Russia over the previous a number of weeks, as opposition to the invasion of Ukraine has elevated amongst Russian residents.
In accordance with information from OVD-Data, a human rights group that's monitoring the variety of arrests in Russia, since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, there have been 13,015 protesters detained throughout 147 completely different cities.
"On March 6, Russian police detained over 4,640 individuals who participated in anti-war rallies in 65 cities. A minimum of 30 cases of protesters being crushed have been confirmed and it's seemingly that this quantity is way greater. There are numerous movies on social networks wherein cops are seen beating anti-war protesters," OVD-Data mentioned in an replace on March 6.
On February 28, Newsweek reported that information from OVD-Data confirmed that over 5,000 Russian protesters have been arrested in simply 4 days following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The variety of protesters arrested comes as a latest ballot launched by jailed Kremlin-opposition chief Alexei Navalny confirmed an increase in opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In a collection of tweets on Tuesday, Navalny launched the findings of a ballot his group, the Anti-Corruption Basis, which appeared to point out an increase in Russian opposition to the continuing battle with Ukraine.
In accordance with the ballot, the variety of ballot respondents who mentioned that Russia was the "aggressor" within the battle from February 25 to March 3 has almost doubled, rising from 29 % to 53 %. The ballot additionally discovered that the share of those that mentioned that Russia was the "peace-maker" within the state of affairs decreased from 25 % to 12 % over the previous a number of days.
Moreover, the ballot discovered that an rising variety of respondents mentioned that Russia was "responsible" within the battle with Ukraine. In accordance with the ballot, 14 % of respondents mentioned that Russia was "responsible" on February 25 however on March 3, the ballot discovered this quantity rising to 36 %.
"The character of those adjustments is apparent and unambiguous: Folks quickly start to appreciate who's liable for initiating the battle, in addition to the conflict's true targets and potential outcomes," Navalny wrote. "The anti-war momentum will continue to grow throughout the society, so the anti-war protests shouldn't be halted beneath any circumstances."
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, protests have sparked in opposition to the battle in Russia, in addition to various different international locations. In response to the protests in Russia, the nation's Investigative Committee issued a press release on February 25, warning residents that organizing or taking part in unlawful protests may end in arrest.
"All such offenses, as earlier than, will obtain an satisfactory authorized analysis, and the individuals who dedicated unlawful actions will face applicable punishment," the assertion mentioned.
Newsweek reached out to the Investigative Committee of Russia for remark however didn't obtain a response in time for publication.
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