The arrests come amid a widespread crackdown against anti-war protesters in Russia.
, said that since Russia invaded Ukraine, 14,853 protesters have been detained across 151 Russian cities.
"On Sunday, March 13, anti-war rallies took place once more across many Russian cities. According to our data, as of 21:42 pm more than 866 people in 37 cities were detained. We know of people protesting against the war in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Khabarovsk, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Irkutsk, Barnaul, Tomsk and Perm. This is not a complete list," OVD-Info said.
According to independent Russian news outlet SOTA, Ivanovo resident Mikhail Gusev was arrested and accused of discrediting the Russian army after he was demonstrated holding a sign with the inscription *** *****, which likely stands for"no to war" in Russian. Russia's legislature passed legislation earlier in March that imposes jail terms of up to 15 years for those who call their"special military operation" in Ukraine a war or an invasion. Multiple major news outlets have since ceased reporting from Russia.Russian anti-war protesters demonstrate holding blank sheets of paper.
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