Forty-nine people were detained on Saturday in Russia during actions commemorating opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in a penal colony, and other protests, the independent human rights project OWD-Info reported.
Thirty-eight people were detained during Navalny's memorials, and six at anti-war protests on the second anniversary of Russia's launch of a full-scale war against Ukraine.
Four people were detained during the weekly demonstration by the wives of men mobilized for the army, who lay flowers at the monument to the unknown soldier in Moscow on Saturdays, and one at a picket against torture in prisons.
The largest number of detentions - 13 - was in the Russian capital. In addition, 10 protesters were detained in Yekaterinburg and another three in Ufa.
Four people were detained during the weekly demonstration by the wives of men mobilized for the army, who lay flowers at the monument to the unknown soldier in Moscow on Saturdays, and one at a picket against torture in prisons.
The largest number of detentions - 13 - was in the Russian capital. In addition, 10 protesters were detained in Yekaterinburg and another three in Ufa.
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