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MASSIVE PROTESTS ERUPTED IN PUTIN'S HOMETOWN OF ST. PETERSBURG AS RUSSIANS VOICE
OPPOSITION TO WAR IN UKRAINE

Jake Epstein
2022-02-24T19:31:28Z
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A demonstrator holding a placard reading "No to war" protests against Russia's
invasion of Ukraine in central Saint Petersburg on February 24, 2022. Photo by
SERGEI MIKHAILICHENKO/AFP via Getty Images
 * Massive protests erupted in Russian President Vladimir Putin's hometown of
   St. Petersburg.
 * Anti-war demonstrations came after Putin announced a Russian invasion of
   Ukraine on Thursday.
 * Over 1,400 people have been detained in 51 cities — including the capital of
   Moscow. 

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Massive protests erupted on Thursday in Russian President Vladimir Putin's
hometown of St. Petersburg, as people voiced their opposition to the invasion of
Ukraine.

Videos posted to Twitter show a sea of people gathered in a section of St.
Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city, chanting and holding signs to object
to Russia's offensive in Ukraine.

NEXTA, a Belarusian media channel on the social network Telegram, posted a video
showing an enormous bloc of people outside what appeared to be a Russian
government building with busses lining the street adjacent to the protest.



A photo posted to Twitter by Eilish Hart, a news editor at Russian outlet
Meduza, showed a line of police in riot gear in the city's Palace Square. 





 

Russian government forces have threatened to arrest anti-war protesters, who
took to the streets after Putin announced military action against Ukraine on
Thursday.

Russia's Investigative Committee warned citizens in a statement not to take part
in the "unauthorized" protests "associated with the tense foreign political
situation."

As of 10 p.m. local time in St. Petersburg, protest-monitoring media group
OVD-Info reported that over 1,400 people were detained in 51 cities — including
the capital city of Moscow.

At least 378 of those individuals were detained in St. Petersburg, according to
OVD-Info.




Another video posted to Twitter by NEXTA shows police detaining several
protesters. 



 

Putin was born in St. Petersburg — formerly called Leningrad — in 1952. 

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