Russian police have arrested more than 700 anti-mobilisation protesters
Forces moved quickly on Saturday to disperse the peaceful protests, arresting hundreds, including some children, in several cities across the country.
The Defence Ministry said about 300,000 people would be summoned to active duty, but the order left a door open to many more getting called into service. Most Russian men aged 18-65 are automatically counted as reservists.Family of aid worker who died in Ukraine speak of heartbreak as they close on £10k needed to repatriate himPolice were deployed in force in the cities where protests were scheduled by opposition group Vesna and supporters of jailed opposition leader, Alexei Navalny.
In Moscow, police roamed a downtown area where a protest was planned in pouring rain and checked the IDs of passers-by.Officers rounded up those they deemed suspicious and later distributed call-up summons to the men who were arrested.Police detained a man in a park just outside Red Square and whisked him away as others shouted "Shame."
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