Hundreds of people were arrested across Russia on Sunday for taking part in anti-corruption protests that demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.。

The biggest was in Moscow, where around 8,000 people, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny and many young people, took part in an unsanctioned demonstration.。

As law enforcement officers proceeded to detain protesters, one EPA photographer, Maxim Shipenkov, took a snap that immediately became iconic:。

Credit: EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV 。

It shows riot policemen as they carry away a woman, who looks visibly stunned, with the alleged intent to take her in.。

The woman's poignant expression, her grasping of the bag, the picture composition that evokes a classical painting, the officers' attire and their theatrical gestures -- those are all elements that almost instantly resonated with people.。

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Some people immediately compared it to Raphael's famed "The Deposition" painting: 。 Tweet may have been deleted。"I followed the event shooting as news photographers usually do. There were many detentions and this photo is one of lots made by me and my colleagues," Shipenkov told 。

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The woman in the picture was later identified as Olga Lozina, who in an interview with。

The woman in the picture was later identified as Olga Lozina, who in an interview with 。

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introduced herself as a graduate of the Physical-Technical Institute. 。

Lozina said she was returning from McDonalds along with her mum and sister when the road in front of them was blocked by riot police for the rally.。

"A crowd of people was heading in our direction — [they] said that [the police] will not let people pass, and that we would have to go back," she said.。

Suddenly riot police moved in and started to detain everyone. 。

Suddenly riot police moved in and started to detain everyone.。

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"There was a flower bed and I jumped up to see where the crowds end. Then riot police demanded that we immediately got off the flower bed. Everyone quickly got off but police grabbed the last person to get down, a young man, and took him to a police van."。