{"id":1337626,"date":"2022-02-24T13:08:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T18:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1337626"},"modified":"2022-02-24T13:08:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T18:08:59","slug":"reports-russian-police-arrest-over-700-protesters-against-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-russian-police-arrest-over-700-protesters-against-ukraine-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: Russian Police Arrest over 700 Protesters Against Ukraine War"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freports-russian-police-arrest-over-700-protesters-against-ukraine-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1337626&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Russian police arrested 700 protesters Thursday who were urging leader Vladimir Putin to end his assault on Ukraine, the Agence-France Presse (AFP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFP\/status\/1496900136961822727?s=20&#038;t=ruvHN-RgCo9CDOwrW6nU9g\">reported<\/a> citing independent monitors.<\/p>\n<p>Protests erupted throughout the country after Putin announced in the early morning hours of Thursday what Ukrainian officials are calling a full-scale invasion of their country. Opposition activists rapidly began organizing social media calls for assemblies against the war.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Russian celebrities also took to social media to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2022\/02\/24\/russian-celebrities-academics-journalists-speak-out-against-ukraine-war-a76565\">denounce<\/a> Russia\u2019s\u00a0invasion of Ukraine hours earlier, the <em>Moscow Times<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPop stars, late-night television hosts and film directors have been posting black squares to Instagram in protest of the war,\u201d the online newspaper reported on February 24.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19999722\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238728782.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19999722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238728782-1024x655-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"633\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Riot police officers stand by a police bus during a protest against Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in Moscow on February 24, 2022. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe the Russians will be dealing with the consequences of today for many more years,\u201d socialite and former Russian presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CaWl2CiMRWN\/\">wrote<\/a> in a caption posted to her Instagram account.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Ordinary Russian citizens attempted to protest Ukraine\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/world\/1409859\">invasion<\/a> offline this week, according to the Russian police activity-monitoring website OVD-Info. Police\u00a0in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other Russian cities reportedly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ovd.news\/express-news\/2022\/02\/24\/akcii-v-podderzhku-naroda-ukrainy-i-protiv-voyny\">detained<\/a> dozens of people for trying to stage solo demonstrations against the war with Ukraine from February 22 to February 24.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In the Pushkin Square area, people are chanting &#8220;No to war,&#8221; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tvrain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tvrain<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/blN7cN3qPo\">pic.twitter.com\/blN7cN3qPo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sam Sokol (@SamuelSokol) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamuelSokol\/status\/1496895669285670922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ru\" dir=\"ltr\">\u0412\u043e\u0437\u043b\u0435 \u0413\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0434\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0430 \u0432 \u041f\u0435\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0431\u0443\u0440\u0433\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044c, \u043f\u043e \u043e\u0446\u0435\u043d\u043a\u0430\u043c \u043a\u043e\u0440\u0440\u0430 \u00ab\u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0439\u00bb, \u043e\u043a\u043e\u043b\u043e \u0434\u0432\u0443\u0445\u0441\u043e\u0442 \u0447\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043a. \u0422\u043e\u043b\u043f\u0430 \u0441\u043a\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0438\u0440\u0443\u0435\u0442 \u00ab\u041d\u0435\u0442 \u0432\u043e\u0439\u043d\u0435!\u00bb. \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0446\u0438\u044f \u0432 \u043c\u0435\u0433\u0430\u0444\u043e\u043d \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0443\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0436\u0434\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u043e \u043d\u0435\u0434\u043e\u043f\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u043c\u0430\u0441\u0441\u043e\u0432\u044b\u0445 \u0430\u043a\u0446\u0438\u0439 \u0432 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0438\u043e\u0434 \u043a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0440\u0443\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0439. \u041d\u0435\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0434\u0435\u0441\u044f\u0442\u043a\u043e\u0432 \u0447\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043a \u0437\u0430\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u043d\u044b. \u0412\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043e: \u00ab\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0430\u044f\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lsOkKTWFvd\">pic.twitter.com\/lsOkKTWFvd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u041d\u043e\u0432\u0430\u044f \u0413\u0430\u0437\u0435\u0442\u0430 (@novaya_gazeta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/novaya_gazeta\/status\/1496876696334708738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A Russian opposition activist named Marina Litvinovich <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russia-detains-opposition-activist-who-called-anti-war-protests-moscow-2022-02-24\/\">urged<\/a> Russians to participate in protests against Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine across various Russian cities, including Moscow, on the evening of February 24. Police allegedly detained\u00a0Litvinovich on February 24 in Moscow before she could participate in the protests she called for hours earlier, according to Litvinovich\u2019s own account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was detained on my way out of the house,\u201d the activist wrote in a message shared by her personal Telegram channel on Thursday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMoscow prosecutors warned that unauthorized gatherings are illegal and will lead to \u2018negative consequences,&#8217;\u201d the Moscow Times relayed on February 24.<\/p>\n<p>Elena Chernenko, a reporter for the Russian daily newspaper <em>Kommersant<\/em>, launched an anti-war petition this week that <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/DB_channel_RU\/64\">collected<\/a> roughly 100 signatures from other Russian journalists by February 24. Employees of Russian news outlets including Dozhd, RBC, Novaya Gazeta, Ekho Moskvy, Snob and The Bell signed the petition, according to Cherneko\u2019s personal Telegram account. Staff from the Russian state-run news agencies TASS and RT allegedly added their names to Cherneko\u2019s petition, as well.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19999666\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238729199.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19999666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238729199-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Police officers detain a demonstrator during a protest against Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in Moscow on February 24, 2022. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV\/AFP via Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19999698\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238728633.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19999698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238728633-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A demonstrator is held during a protest against Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in Moscow on February 24, 2022. (ALEXANDER NEMENOV\/AFP via Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19999810\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238728765.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19999810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238728765-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Police officers detain a woman during a protest against Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in Moscow on February 24, 2022. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A group of 30 independent Russian media outlets also voiced opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, according to the <em>Moscow Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe, journalists of independent Russian media, declare that we are against the massacre started by the Russian leadership,\u201d the website Meduza.io <a href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/news\/2022\/02\/24\/eta-avantyura-prineset-gore-v-semi-tysyach-lyudey-rossiyskie-nezavisimye-smi-vystupili-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy\">wrote<\/a> on February 24.<\/p>\n<p>The following message greeted visitors to Meduza.io\u2019s website on Thursday morning:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This message (material) was created and (or) distributed by a foreign media outlet acting as a foreign agent and (or) a Russian legal entity acting as a foreign agent.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Russian-state backed memo reflects the Kremlin\u2019s attitude toward Meduza.io and other self-proclaimed \u201cindependent\u201d Russian news sites.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow officially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2021\/04\/23\/russia-declares-independent-news-site-meduza-a-foreign-agent-a73722\">designated<\/a> Meduza.io a \u201cforeign agent\u201d in April 2021 due to its alleged financial support by foreign backers, which the website denies. Meduza\u2019s \u201c.io\u201d domain pertains to the British Indian Ocean Territory, though it is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopify.com\/domains\/io\">known<\/a> as \u201ca generic top-level domain (TLD), anyone in the world can register.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian police arrested 700 protesters Thursday who were urging leader Vladimir Putin to end his assault on Ukraine, the Agence-France Presse (AFP) reported citing independent monitors. 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