Russian invasion of Ukraine

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dau

First Russian anti war protest abroad?

Russian Anti-War Activists Seek Common Goals (When They’re Not
Bickering) Almost 300 activists, many young and from the diaspora,
gathered to try to forge a common path, beyond struggling against
Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine.

[...]

Everyone acknowledges the difficulty involved in bringing about
change, given that Russia under Mr. Putin has outlawed even the most
mundane opposition activity and forced much of civil society into
exile rather than face time in a penal colony. More and more activists
have been officially designated “foreign agents,” a resurrected
Stalinist label implying that they are traitors.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/07/world/europe/russia-putin-opposition-ukraine-war.html

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Jameo in reply to @dau

Have there not been loads of protests outside Ru embassies already?

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dau in reply to @Jameo

Oh yeah, there have been, but not by Russians. At best there were some Russians in those protests but not majority and not with the message "we, Russians, do not support this and that".

I've seen protests of German-Russians supporting Russia though.

Not sure if 300 protesters out of 1.2M of Russian diaspora in Germany are enough to change my mind on "not all Russians are the same" issue but it still is something.

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