Prominent Russian activist detained after Moscow anti-war protest

Oleg Orlov, of the now-banned Memorial human rights group, held a banner in Red Square to protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Oleg Orlov, a prominent Russian human rights activist, has been detained after staging a one-man protest in Moscow’s Red Square against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Members of Memorial, a now-banned human rights organisation of which Orlov had been a leader, shared a video of him on Sunday holding a banner before being taken away by police, Qazet.az reports.

The sign read, “Our unwillingness to know the truth and our silence makes us conspirators to this crime“.