Russian invasion of Ukraine/Russians against the war

вам ещё нужна эта война? Do you still need this war?

russians protesting against the russian invasion of Ukraine

• Libertarian Party of Russia/Truth and freedom are on the side of peace

• Protests in Russia resume as government seeks to quash antiwar voices

protests abroad

• ‘Russia’s Rambo,’ once a Putin favorite, says he’d now fight for Ukraine and feels ‘nothing but hatred’ for his home country
  • Russian actor may face criminal charges following his interview with Novaya Gazeta Europe

• Mikhail Khodorkovsky, “Stop saying that the war in Ukraine is being waged by Russia and the Russian people. It’s a war of Putin and his regime. The narrative that Russia as a whole is at war benefits Putin and is not true.” (thread) (pdf)

Serbia

• December 24, 2022: В Белграде сегодня тоже митинг антивоенный, уже сбился какой по счету

Georgia

• October 23, 2022: Protest by Russians in #Tbilisi, chanting “no to war”, happening today on Rustaveli in front of First School, went on for two minutes or more. Speeches, etc., too, many placards in support of #Ukraine. #Georgia [1]

• December 24, 2022: Russians protesting against the war and Putin’s regime [2]

russians arrested for protesting the russian invasion of Ukraine

• Russian Teenager Must Remain Under House Arrest Until Trial Over Online Posts
  • 19-year-old faces 5 years in prison in Russia
  • “She’s not a patriot” and classmates have her arrested: 19 year old risks 5 years in prison in Russia, January 9, 2023

• Police arrest 4 Moscow residents honoring Dnipro missile strike victims with flowers at the monument of Lesya Ukrainka, one of 🇺🇦 best known poets.

• A Russian musician mounts a modest antiwar protest and pays the price Alexandra Skochilenko faces 10 years in prison, bullying and abuse as Moscow makes examples of small-time activists (archive)
  • She Posted Anti-War Stickers in A Russian Grocery Store. She Now Faces Up to 10 Years in Prison.

russians sentenced for protesting the russian invasion of Ukraine

• 7 years: A Moscow councillor has been jailed for seven years for speaking out against Russia’s war in Ukraine - in what is said to be the first full jail term under new laws targeting dissent. Alexei Gorinov, 60, was arrested in April after he was filmed criticising the invasion in a city council meeting., July 8, 2022

• 8.5 years: One of Russia’s most prominent opposition figures, Ilya Yashin, has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years for spreading “fake news” about the country’s military. One of few Kremlin critics to stay in Russia after it invaded Ukraine, Yashin continued to speak out against the war. He was arrested after he condemned suspected Russian war crimes in the Ukrainian town of Bucha., December 9, 2022

russians sentenced for refusing to participate in the russian invasion of Ukraine

• 5 years: Russian Soldier Jailed for 5 Years for Refusing To Fight in Ukraine

Context

• Russian Criminal Code

• Russian Supreme Court finally confirmed the sentence to 15-year-old teenager who had wanted to blow up the FSB (Federal Security Service) building in Minecraft: Nikita Uvarov was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

• Bsodislav, Two questions for everyone complaining BWAAA WHY DON’T RUSSIANS PROTEST: 1. Have you ever been beaten by riot police? 2. Have you asked your governments why they ignored human rights violations, political assassinations and election fraud in Russia for decades selling riot gear?

• Under new law, Russian troops face 10 years in jail for surrender, refusal to fight

See also

• Freedom for Russia Legion

• Russian invasion of Ukraine/Belarusians against the war