Anti-war organizations and the Russian opposition have been calling on Russians since morning to take to the streets against Vladimir Putin.
The first demonstrations against the “partial conscriptionannounced earlier today by Russian President Vladimir Putin took place in cities of Siberia and the Russian Far East, local channels on Telegram report.
Anti-war organizations and the Russian one opposition have been calling on Russians since the morning to take to the streets against Vladimir Putin, after the partial mobilization announced by the Russian president in his televised address “in an escalation of the failed criminal war”, as he called the Russian attack on Ukraine and the development of conflict, the imprisoned Russian dissident Alexei Navalny.
In Irkutsk, about 60 people gathered to protest against conscription, according to the “Irkutsk Anarchists” Telegram channel. According to the activists, more than 10 people were arrested in the city. “Suddenly, five cars and a small bus with MAT forces arrived and dispersed almost everyone who was there,” says the post on the channel.
The police took the protesters to the 7th police station on Deputatskaya street. According to the OVD-Info website, detainees are not allowed to see a lawyer. Arrests of activists are also reported in the city of Tomsk. According to Telegram’s “Ulitsa Barkhatnaya” channel, police are taking 10-15 detainees to police stations in Kirovksi and Tomsk regions.
In Ulan-Ude, several dozen people took to the streets to protest, reports the channel “People of Baikal” (Liudi baikalya). At this time there is no information about arrests. The presence of police forces on the streets of Novosibirsk has increased noticeably, according to the Vesna youth movement. In Yakutsk, several people took to the streets, where a protest rally against conscription had been announced. There are no reports of clashes with the police.
People are taking to the streets without slogans and placards, fearing arrests, the website Sibir.realii reports.
In the city of Khabarovsk, 12 people participated in the protest demonstration. All twelve stood speechless. Speaking to the Sibir.realii correspondent, they said they were shocked by the news of the conscription, and refused to give their names for fear of prosecution.
In the city of Yakutsk, after the announcement of conscription in the evening, some people gathered in the square
In Irkutsk, according to the website Sibir.Realii, 10 people were arrested, while a few dozen people gathered in the central square. More than 30 were arrested according to the OVD-info website in the city of Tomsk. In total according to the same website by 17.00 more than 60 people had been arrested in 10 cities.
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