According to the Russian human rights group OVD-Info, more than 1,000 people are currently imprisoned in Russia as a result of politically motivated prosecutions, including a political activist with ties to Canada.
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Estonia, a former Soviet republic, has already started to ban Russian tourists, and it's pushing for the European Union to prevent millions of them from vacationing inside the bloc while their country wages war in Ukraine.
Shocked Russians turned out by the thousands Thursday to decry their country's invasion of Ukraine as emotional calls for protests grew on social media and around 1,745 people in 54 Russian cities were detained, at least 957 of them in Moscow, according to OVD-Info, which tracks Russia's opposition.