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More than 5,500 people detained at various protests since the invasion on Ukraine began Thursday.

More than 5,500 people detained at various protests since the invasion on Ukraine began ThursdayPolice officers detain a man in Moscow during an anti-war protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Sunday. A monitoring group says over 2,000 were detained at protests in 48 cities across Russia that day.

In Moscow, riot police often outnumbered protesters, some carrying handwritten placards with peace signs and anti-war slogans in Russian and Ukrainian. Some wore masks with the word "Enough" on the front. Outside the upmarket Gostiny Dvor department store in downtown Saint Petersburg, hundreds of anti-war protesters stood together, linking arms and chanting.

In Moscow, some of the arrests took place at an improvised memorial just outside the Kremlin at the site where Nemtsov was shot, a Reuters witness said.Police officers detain a demonstrator in central Saint Petersburg on Sunday. Outside the upmarket Gostiny Dvor downtown department store, hundreds stood together, linking arms and chanting.

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