SotaVision correspondents Anna Sliva and Mikhail Lebedev were detained at the rally of the mobilized wives’ movement “The Way Home” in the Alexander Garden in Moscow, their colleagues report. RusNews also writes about the detention of its journalist Yulia Petrova.
As SotaVision clarifies, Sliva and Lebedev had press cards, editorial assignments and “Press” vests. Judging by the video from the arrest, Petrova was also wearing a “Press” vest.
Every Saturday, the wives of conscripts lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the walls of the Moscow Kremlin. Today, on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a line of people wishing to take part in the action lined up in front of the Alexander Garden. According to SotaVision, this time the police tried to prevent the wives of those mobilized from going to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.