Dozens Detained Using Moscow's Facial Recognition Tech on Russia Day & Watchdog

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Nearly 70 Moscow metro passengers and pickters have been detained across the Russian capital on the Russia Day national holiday Sunday, an
there had been an alert targeting them for detention
They were released by late Sunday without any charges pressed against them.OVD-Info added that 19 Muscovites have been detained for holding
anti-war pickets, with some of them facing misdemeanor charges of "discrediting" the Russian military's actions abroad.More than 15,000
anti-war protesters have been detained across Russia since President Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine on Feb
Forces.Russia Day marks the day when the legislature of the then-Russian Federative Socialist Soviet Republic adopted the Declaration of
in cities including St
Petersburg, Penza and Vladivostok.