Authorities detained more than 4,300 people who participated in anti-war demonstrations across Russia, Reuters reported on Sunday.
An independent protest monitoring group said that 4,366 Russian residents from 56 different cities had been detained, according to the news service, which added that Russia’s interior ministry said about 3,500 protesters had been detained. The ministry reportedly added that more than 5,200 residents participated in the demonstrations.
“The screws are being fully tightened – essentially we are witnessing military censorship,” Maria Kuznetsova, a spokeswoman for the monitoring group, told the news service.
“We are seeing rather big protests today, even in Siberian cities where we only rarely saw such numbers of arrests.”
Multiple videos posted on social media showed thousands of demonstrators chanting “No to war!” and “Shame on you!” toward the Russian government.
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More than 4,300 detained in Russia during anti-war demonstrations https://t.co/iWbzUlBKdf pic.twitter.com/of78ZRnjU4
— The Hill (@thehill) March 6, 2022
More than 3,000 Russians were arrested at antiwar rallies across the country today, the police said — the highest official single-day total at any nationwide day of protest in recent memory. https://t.co/9jIfS6L3ZN
— Anton Troianovski (@antontroian) March 6, 2022
Always a key sign of a confident and secure regime without a care in the world about its own longevity. https://t.co/HBBJbkacAC
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) March 6, 2022
This is nightmarish when you think about what this would be like. https://t.co/mtFQCsAgof
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) March 6, 2022
over 10,000 russians arrested in last 10 days for peaceful anti-war protests
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) March 6, 2022
More than 13,000 anti-war protesters arrested in Russia https://t.co/wFKTWZvtdl pic.twitter.com/OXxozFB7EK
— The Hill (@thehill) March 8, 2022
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