Anti-war protests in Russia (2022–present)

Anti-war protests in Russia (2022–present)
Anti-war protests in Russia (2022–present)
Part of the protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Russian opposition protest rallies
	Picketers at the 1905 Square in Yekaterinburg, February 2022
Date	24 February 2022 – present (2 years, 1 month, 3 weeks and 4 days)
Location	Russia
Caused by	Russian invasion of Ukraine; 2022 Russian mobilization;
Goals	Withdrawal of troops from Ukraine; End of the mobilization; Resignation of Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Mishustin;
Methods	Demonstrations; Internet activism; Picketing; Vandalism; Civil diversions; Protest marches;
Status	Ongoing Protests largely subsided; Severe government crackdown on protests; Protests partially spilled over into a partisan movement;
Parties
Government:; MVD Politsiya; ; Rosgvardiya OMON; ; FSB; Supported by: ONF United Russia Young Guard of United Russia; ; New People; A Just Russia — For Truth; Rodina; National Liberation Movement; ; Civic Platform; Party of Peace and Unity; Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice; Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"; Young Army; Anti-Maidan; Essence of Time; SERB; The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov; Eurasia Party Eurasian Youth Union; ; Communist Party of the Russian Federation; Communists of Russia; For a New Socialism; Left Front; Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; United Communist Party; Liberal Democratic Party of Russia; Russian All-People's Union; Great Russia;	Opposition: Feminist Anti-War Resistance; Russian Liberals Vesna; ; Anarchists Anarchist Black Cross; Party of the Dead; ; Organisation of Communist Internationalists Marxist Tendency; ; Revolutionary Workers' Party; Russian Socialist Movement; Left Socialist Action; North Caucasian Protestors Adat People's Movement; Circassian nationalists; Ingush Independence Committee; ; Supported by: Anti-War Committee of Russia; Congress of People's Deputies; Russian Action Committee; Russian LGBT Network; Free Buryatia Foundation; KAFFED; Oirat-Kalmyk People's Congress; Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Government in Exile; Belarusian opposition; Anti-Corruption Foundation; True Russia; Free Nations of Russia Forum; Russia of the Future; Yabloko; People's Freedom Party; Libertarian Party of Russia; Pirate Party of Russia; 5th of December Party; Solidarnost; Party of Growth; Civic Initiative; Democratic Choice; Union of Russian Students (factions); Green Alternative; Autonomous Action; Socialist Alternative; Russian Labour Front; Left Bloc; Union of Marxists; Labour Russia; United Communist Party (factions); Communist Party of the Russian Federation (factions) Leninist Komsomol of the Russian Federation (factions); ; Russian Maoist Party; Monarchists Russian Imperial House; Monarchist Party of Russia; Romanov Family Association; Romanov Empire (micronation); ; Decommunization; Popular Resistance Association; Ethnic National Union; Right Bloc; Committee of Bashkir Resistance;
Lead figures
	Vladimir Putin; (Commander-in-chief); Mikhail Mishustin; Dmitry Medvedev; Sergei Shoigu; Sergey Lavrov; Maria Zakharova; Alexey Nechayev; Nikolai Patrushev; Alexander Pryadko; Radiy Khabirov; Ramzan Kadyrov; Yevhen Balytskyi; Denis Pushilin; Volodymyr Saldo; Leonid Pasechnik No centralized leadership; Some notable figures:; Alexei Navalny †; Yulia Navalnaya; Leonid Volkov; Lev Ponomaryov ; Maxim Katz; Mikhail Kasyanov; Garry Kasparov; Mikhail Khodorkovsky; Leonid Ivashov; Marina Ovsyannikova; Ilya Yashin; Ilya Ponomarev; Gennady Gudkov; Andrey Illarionov; Lyudmila Kotesova; Mark Feygin; Igor Kochetkov; Maria Motuznaya; Yekaterina Duntsova; Fail Alsynov (POW); Maria Vladimirovna; George Mikhailovich; Rostislav Romanov; Inez Storer; Olga Andreevna Romanov; Dorrit Reventlow; Nikolai Kirillovich Romanov; Anton Bakov; Akhmed Zakayev
Casualties
Detained	19,842+ (as of 19 November 2023)

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, anti-war demonstrations and protests broke out across Russia. As well as the demonstrations, a number of petitions and open letters have been penned in opposition to the war, and a number of public figures, both cultural and political, have released statements against the war.

The protests have been met with widespread repression by the Russian authorities. According to OVD-Info, at least 14,906 people were detained from 24 February to 13 March. Human rights organisations and reporters have raised concerns of police brutality during arrests and OVD-Info reported several cases of protestors being tortured under detention. The government has also moved to crack down on other forms of opposition to the war, including introducing widespread censorship measures. Other individuals who signed anti-war petitions have faced reprisals. After Putin announced a partial mobilization of Russia's military reserves on 21 September, over 2,000 people were detained in mass street protests in the following days.

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