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3 months agoEurope news
Russian police detain reporters covering Moscow protest by soldiers' wives
Russian police detained a group of journalists, including an AFP reporter, covering a protest in Moscow by wives of soldiers fighting in Ukraine.
The women have been staging protests outside the Kremlin for weeks and demanding their partners be brought home from Ukraine.
The authorities have not yet punished the women's movement despite cracking down on dissent in other areas. [ more ]