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Putin's call-up fuels Russians' anger, protests and violence

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When anti-riot police officers arrested protestors over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Yekaterinburg, Russia March 6, 2022. [Reuters]

Long lines of cars on roads snaking to Russia's border crossings with Georgia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia, and similar queues at airports.

Angry demonstrations not just in Moscow and St. Petersburg but in the remote far north province of Yakutia and in the southern region of Dagestan, with women chasing a police officer and shouting, "No to war!"

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