According to multiple reports, some of the Russian anti-war protesters who were arrested on Wednesday have been conscripted into the military.
Police detain a man following calls to protest. The photo was taken by Alexander Nemenov.
More than 1,300 people have been arrested in protests in at least 38 cities across Russia.
The spokeswoman for the group told CNN that some of the people who were arrested were drafted.
According to reports, the Kremlin spokesman said that drafting protesters is not against the law.
There are believed to be the largest protests in Russia since the war started after Putin announced in a pre recorded address that 300,000 people would be called up to serve in the military. Many Russians were unconvinced that the draft only applied to those already in the reserves. After the announcement that one-way flights out of Russia were sold out, economy class tickets out of Moscow went for more than $9,100. There were spikes in searches for "Russian passport" and "emigration" in Russia. Following Putin's address, traffic at border crossing with Russia increased. Putin warned those who were trying to blackmail us with nuclear weapons that the wind could turn in their favor.
The military setbacks came after a Ukrainian counteroffensive. Dozens of towns and villages in the Kharkiv region have been taken over by the Russians.
After 99 days of falling gas prices, they came to an end Wednesday. Concerns about the war in Ukraine are one of the reasons for the price spike.
Russia has drafted anti-war protesters into the military.
The flights to sell out are caused by panic in Russia.
The Human Rights Group says that 1,200 protesters weretained across Russia after the partial military draft.
These States are where the cost of gas is the most expensive.
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