730 detained in anti-mobilisation protests across Russia: Rights group

At least 730 people were detained across Russia on Saturday at protests against Kremlin's military mobilisation order, a rights group cited by Reuters said. The OVD-Info protest monitoring group said it was aware of detentions in 32 different cities. Earlier this week, President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia's first military draft since World War 2 for the conflict in Ukraine.

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