Russia Arrests Multiple People for Holding Up Blank Signs. By Isabel van Brugen.

Police in Nizhny Novgorod arrested a demonstrator today for protesting with a blank sign. Welcome to Russia in 2022. pic.twitter.com/YprwDqex8V

— Kevin Rothrock (@KevinRothrock) March 12, 2022

Separately, in the city of Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia, police arrested activist Anastasia Nikolaeva just days after the invasion began, according to Russian independent human rights group OVD-Info. The group said she was found guilty of disobeying a police officer after she held a single-person picket holding a blank sheet of paper.

Суд в Ростове-на-Дону арестовал активистку Анастасию Николаеву на восемь суток. В суде ее интересы защищал адвокат Сергей Ковалевич, сотрудничающий с ОВД-Инфо.

Николаеву признали виновной по статье о неповиновении полицейскому из-за одиночного пикета с пустым листом. pic.twitter.com/PpAYZPH04Q

— ОВД-Инфо (@OvdInfo) February 25, 2022

Bravest woman in Russia reveals why she had to protest against Putin’s war on state television and says she is ashamed at pumping out Kremlin propaganda for years as TV editor:

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