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Police in Moscow and Yekaterinburg made several arrests during protests on Saturday held by relatives of Russians mobilized for the war in Ukraine, online platforms reported. Five people were led away by plainclothes officers in Yekaterinburg, a large city in the Urals, as they laid flowers at a military monument, the OWD Info civil rights website reported. In Moscow, police detained two journalists, the Sota website reported. Both were subsequently released. The Putj domoi (Path Home) movement set up by the wives of mobilized troops had called the protests. Female activists laid flowers at me…