INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Dozens of Russians have been detained for staging anti-war pickets and other acts of remembrance across the country, as Feb
legislation passed in the wake of the invasion last year, and most prominent opposition activists have fled abroad in fear of being
prosecuted.In Moscow, police detained at least four activists at the statue of Ukrainian poet Lesya Ukrainka, the independent
Petersburg detained seven activists who had come to lay flowers at the statue of Ukrainian national poet Taras Shevchenko.Anti-war activist
the town of Vyksa, was also detained for his anti-war picket.At least seven people were detained near the memorial to victims of political
repression in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, four of whom were later released.In the Far East city of Khabarovsk police also briefly
detained local activist Nikolai Zodchy, who staged a picket with a banner showing photographs of President Vladimir Putin.In Murmansk,Tomsk
and Kazan, local activists organized makeshift displays of flowers, stuffed toys and ribbons in the blue-and-yellow colors of the Ukrainian
slogans.In total, almost 20,000 people have been detained across Russia since the start of the invasion one year ago, according to OVD-Info.
