Girls as young as 14 are among those detained as police used stun guns and batons in clashes with demonstrators, a human rights organisation said.
Similar scenes were spotted at airports, as dozens of flights out of the country - with tickets sold at sky-high prices - carried men to international destinations such as Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Serbia, where Russians do not need visas.
Long-standing threats of detention for attending anti-government rallies have not stopped some people taking to the streets to demonstrate against mobilisation. Hundreds of people have been arrested in the last few days as protesters and police clashed in cities right across the country.Eyes on Moscow as Russian 'panic' sparks glee on the frontline
Demonstrations have been reported in cities nearly 4,000 miles apart, including Moscow, St Petersburg, Tomsk, Tver, Khabarovsk, Chita, Omsk, Ulan-Ude, Barnaul, Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Perm, Saratov and Pskov. In Omsk in Siberia, an image shared with the Reuters news agency appears to show some of those who have been drafted for the war in Ukraine fighting with local police.Related Topics
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