More members of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation have stepped forward to oppose President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, a stance differing sharply from the party leadership, which backs what the Kremlin is still calling a “special military operation.
The number of Russians snatched up by police for daring to protest the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine soared past 7,600 on Thursday, according to data released by the independent Russian human rights monitoring group OVD-Info.
Three members of the Communist Party, which typically remains loyal to Putin on key issues, have spoken out against the military action, saying they did not realise what they were voting for.