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Russia: violent protests in Dagestan against mobilization

2022-09-26T07:34:37.694Z


Protests and clashes with police in the Russian region of Dagestan where protesters took to the streets against the partial mobilization announced Wednesday by Vladimir Putin. A Russian man shot the local military commander seriously injuring him in a recruiting center in a Siberian city after telling him he would refuse to fight in the war in Ukraine. (HANDLE)


Protests and clashes with police in the Russian region of Dagestan where protesters took to the streets against the partial mobilization announced Wednesday by Vladimir Putin.

The BBC reports.

Dozens of videos posted on social media show protesters confronting police and other security officials in the regional capital Makhachkala.

Independent Russian human rights observer Ovd-Info reported that officers resorted to the use of stun guns and batons on the crowd.

Over 100 people were arrested.

A Russian man shot the local military commander seriously injuring him at a recruiting center in a Siberian city after telling him he would refuse to fight in the war in Ukraine.

"The military commissioner Alexander Yeliseyev is in intensive care, in very serious condition. The man who shot has been arrested. He will be compulsorily punished," said the governor of the Irkutsk region, Igor Kobzev, adding that the shooting took place in military recruiting center of the city of Ust-Ilimsk.

Source: ansa

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