Russian police detain close to 400 anti-war protesters in several cities

With files from CBC’s Briar Stewart and Corinne Seminoff in Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Russian police detained at least 389 people at anti-war protests that took place in 39 Russian cities in the wake of Thursday’s early-morning attack on Ukraine, the OVD-Info protest monitor said.

The OVD-Info monitor has documented crackdowns on Russia’s opposition for years. 

Moscow-based opposition activist, Marina Litvinovich, was one of the people detained after she called for anti-war protests in the country.

“I was detained on my way out of the house,” Litvinovich wrote on Telegram.

She confirmed her detention separately in a message to Reuters.

Police officer detain a demonstrator holding a