Russians protest against partial mobilization: "No to war!", "Russia without Putin" - hundreds arrested

Created: 09/22/2022, 10:07 am

By: Stephanie Munk

Russia is feeling the effects of the Ukraine war: Because of the partial mobilization ordered by Putin, hundreds of thousands are supposed to take up arms.

There are protests that the police crack down on.

• Protests

  against

  partial mobilization

  : Thousands of people took to the streets in Moscow and St. Petersburg to protest against Putin and the Ukraine war.

• More than 1,300

  arrests

  in

  Russia

  : the police cracked down on demonstrators.

• This

  news ticker on military developments

  in the Ukraine war is constantly updated.

Moscow/St.

Petersburg - Anger against the partial mobilization ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin brought thousands of people to the streets in Russia.

According to the Russian human rights organization OVD-Info, more than 550 demonstrators were arrested in St. Petersburg alone, and more than 500 in the capital Moscow.

In Moscow, people chanted “No to war!” at a demonstration, although Russia is still banned from calling the Ukraine war a “war” rather than a “military special operation”.

They also called for a “Russia without Putin”.

Ukraine-Russia-News: Protests against partial mobilization in many Russian cities

Photos and videos show how Russian police roughly grab the mostly young demonstrators and drag them into buses.

From there, those arrested were taken to police stations.

Overall, there were at least 1,332 arrests during spontaneous protests in 38 Russian cities on Wednesday, the human rights organization OVD-Info said.

Russian police arrest demonstrators in St. Petersburg protesting against Putin's partial mobilization in the wake of the Ukraine war.

© Olga Maltseva/AFP

Ukraine-Russia-News: Russian mothers fear for their sons because of partial mobilization

Russian lawyer Lyubov Sobol - one of the closest confidants of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny - shared on Twitter a video of protesting Russian mothers who fear their sons are now being sent to war.

The women chant "Our sons shall live!"

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There were similarly large protests in Russia in the days immediately after the start of the Ukraine war at the end of February.

In order to avoid the risk of being called up, many young men from Russia immediately fled on Wednesday.

Airline ticket prices skyrocketed, “leave the country” was trending on Google.

In Moscow, a protesting man is carried away by police officers.

In total, there are said to have been 1,300 arrests in Russia of demonstrators who took to the streets against the partial mobilization.

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Putin orders partial mobilization: 300,000 reservists are to go to the Ukraine war

Putin announced in a TV speech on Wednesday that he had ordered the partial mobilization of the Russian armed forces.

300,000 reservists to take up arms and fight in Ukraine.

This decision is expected to increase Russian opposition to Putin and the Ukraine war - but draconian roads in Russia also make public protesting a major risk, which is why many prefer to remain silent.