The children were still clutching their flowers as they sat in custody. Police reportedly threatened mothers with losing their parental rights.(Image credit: Alexandra Arkhipova/Screenshot by NPR)

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Primary school kids arrested in Russia over anti-war signs, claims Opposition politician

Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin shared what appeared to be a picture of three children holding a placard in the back of a police van after they were reportedly arrested at an anti-war protest

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Primary schoolchildren behind bars in Putin's Russia for 'waving anti-war signs'

Another girl in a pink puffer jacket carries flowers and she was pictured later in a police station, with an officer behind her at a computer.

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School kids ‘arrested in Russia over anti-war demo’, according to opposition politician

HEARTBREAKING pictures show Russian kids arrested for protesting against their country’s invasion of Ukraine.The photos were shared by an opposition politician and they come as thousands have so far been detained after voicing opposition to Vladimir Putin’s war.Not known, clear with picture deskThe kids in the back of a police van[/caption]
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Primary school kids ‘arrested in Russia over anti-war demo’, according to opposition politician

One girl can be seen holding a sign bearing the words ‘No War’ in Russian alongside small flags next to a heart, saying ‘Russia + Ukraine = Love’.

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Children detained and held by police in Moscow for daring to protest against war

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School kids 'behind bars for waving anti-war banners at protest in Russia'

The terrified protestors, reportedly aged between seven and 11-years-old, were carrying flowers and hand-drawn anti-war posters

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Moscow police arrest five children for protesting war in Ukraine

Distressing images show the children in back of police van after they are held with mothers amid peaceful protest outside embassy in Russia

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The children, reportedly ranging from 7 to 11 years old, were eventually released by the authorities, according to a social media post.

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Children carrying flowers, poster reportedly detained by Russian police

In heartbreaking photos, young Russian children appear to have been jailed for protesting their country's invasion of Ukraine.

Thousands of people were detained around the country for opposing Vladimir Putin's war, and the photographs were released by an opposition lawmaker.

The photographs depict school-aged youngsters in the back of a police truck in Moscow after participating in anti-war protests.

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Thousands of Russians are reported to have been detained for protesting against their country's war in Ukraine. But even peaceful protest is not tolerated by the authorities.

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Russian police detain children and old women as they try to quell anti-war movement

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Five children, ages 7 to 11, went with their mothers to visit the embassy in Moscow. They carried flowers, and handmade signs reading "=5B 2>9=5" The police officers shouted at the parents, threatening that the "brave moms" might lose their rights.

Russian children among thousands of anti-war protesters detained by police

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