Over 2,000 anti-war protesters have been arrested in Russia this week, as discontent grows over President Putin’s military mobilisation. Human rights group OVD Info has been tracking the protests - mattfrei speaks with its lawyer Daria Korelenko.
We speak to lawyer Daria Korelenko, from OVD Info – a Russian human rights organisation in Latvia, which collects information and analyses data on the protests and arrests in Russia.
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