BERLIN (AP) — Prominent Russian opposition figures led a march of at least 1,000 people in central Berlin Sunday, criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin and his war in Ukraine and calling for democracy in Russia.

The event's participants are calling for Russia's withdrawal from Ukraine, the release of political prisoners, and to try Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal.

Over 1,000 people participated in a demonstration in the German capital Berlin on Sunday against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Many members of the Russian opposition in exile were among the protesters,

Nearly three years after Russia invaded Ukraine, can another anti-war march in Europe change the political landscape in Russia? Russian opposition figures argue that it can. Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny,

At least a thousand supporters of Russia's exiled opposition marched on Sunday through central Berlin in its first major demonstration against Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. But Moscow's Ukraine invasion has ushered in a new era of repression comparable with Soviet levels.