According to data from OVD-Info, a human rights organization, over 1,800 Russian citizens have been arrested for protesting the invasion of Ukraine.
A video posted on social media captured the moment Russian tennis star, Andrey Rublev, wrote “No war please” on the camera following a win on Friday. “World #7 tennis player Andrey Rublev of Russia writes “No war please” on a camera following his win in Dubai,” The Recount Twitter account wrote as a caption to the video. Another photo posted by The Tennis Podcast Twitter account captured another view of the message that was left by Rublev. Rublev, who is currently ranked as the seventh-best male tennis player in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), wrote the message following his win over Hubert Hurkacz of Poland in the Dubai Championships semifinal match. The writing by Rublev comes a day after thousands of Russian citizens were arrested on Thursday for protesting the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
