INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian police detained more than 800 people for protesting Moscow's "military operation" in Ukraine Sunday, as the conflict continues for a
third week.OVD-Info, which monitors arrests during protests, said police had detained 817 people during demonstrations in 37 cities in
Russia.An AFP journalist reporting from a protest in the capital Moscow witnessed at least a dozen arrests and said police were taking away
anybody without press papers.A young woman was shouting "peace to the world" as she was taken away by two policemen, the journalist
said.Some of the riot police had the letter "Z" in the colors of the Russian flag on their helmets, the AFP reporter said.The letter, seen
on Russian tanks and vehicles in Ukraine, has become a symbol of support for what Moscow calls its "special military operation."Law
enforcement in Moscow said Sunday evening they had detained around 300 people in the capital's center for breaches of public order.In
Petersburg, AFP saw multiple arrests, including a protester being dragged across the ground.The city's central Nevsky Avenue was closed off
by police with a dozen police vans parked along the road.According to AFP, several journalists were detained.Dressed in a yellow hat and
blue jacket, 20-year-old Kristina said she was "expressing her protest" by wearing the colors of the Ukrainian flag."It's scary to go
They are detaining everyone
Lots of my friends have been detained in the past few days, some were even expelled from university," she told AFP.Last weekend, police
arrested more than 5,000 protesters across Russia.Protesters risk fines and possible prison sentences by taking to the streets.OVD-Info says
that 14,804 people have been detained at rallies across the country to protest Russian military incursion in Ukraine, which was launched on
