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Russia deploys OMON riot police to quell anti-war protests


Anti-war activists have taken to Russia’s streets to protest the country’s invasion of Ukraine, despite the arrests of hundreds of protesters each day by police. Russia’s paramilitary police, the OMON, have been dispatched to address the growing unrest.

The OVD-Info group monitoring protests and arrests in Russia said more than 6,000 people had been arrested for anti-war demonstrations since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 27.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the invasion was a special operation to demilitarize and “denazify” the country. Ukraine and the West have dismissed that justification as baseless propaganda.

AS RUSSIA WAGES WAR AGAINST UKRAINE.. .

 

NAT- MISSILE BLAST

 

 IT’S ALSO GOING AFTER SOME OF ITS OWN PEOPLE:  

 

NAT – “FREE UKRAINE NOW” (FROM RUSSIA)

 

IN RUSSIA THOUSANDS OF ANTI-WAR PROTESTERS ARE BEING DRAGGED OFF THE STREETS.

 

LET’S GET THIS STRAIGHT 

 

THE GUYS DOING THE DIRTY WORK   ARE THE OMEN –   A SPECIAL POLICE UNIT WITHIN THE RUSSIAN NATIONAL GUARD

 

THEY ACT AS CROWD CONTROL AND ARE TYPICALLY USED AS POLICE BACKUP TO CURB RIOTS AND MAINTAIN “PUBLIC ORDER”

 

BUT THEY CAN ALSO TAKE PART IN MILITARY ACTION

 

WELL-TRAINED AND EQUIPPED WITH  BODY ARMOR AND BATONS – THEY’VE BEEN ACCUSED OF SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES – AND STOKE FEAR ON THE STREETS OF RUSSIA.

 

MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF FITNESS AND MUST BE EXPERTS IN SMALL ARMS AND HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT. MEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 22-TO-30 CAN APPLY TO JOIN BUT MUST COMPLETE 4 MONTHS OF TRAINING. 

 

NOW – WE’RE SEEING THEM IN ACTION DETAINING NEARLY 6000 PEOPLE ON THE STREETS OF CITIES ACROSS RUSSIA.