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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
As Russian tanks circle Ukraine’s capital city of Kyiv, the world is watching in horror as bombs turn buildings to rubble and Ukrainians flee to neighbouring countries. Immediately as the invasion began anti-war protesters in Russia flocked onto the streets of Moscow, St Petersburg and other major cities across the country in defiance of President Vladimir Putin’s actions, risking arrest and violence by the Russian police to make their opposition to the invasion heard. It is not just the Ukrainian people who live in fear of the iron fist of the Kremlin. A brutal crackdown against anti-war prot…