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2022 Russian Far East protests

Further information: Russian invasion of Ukraine and Protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine

With the beginning of mobilization in Russia, anti-war and anti-mobilization protests broke out in the Russian Far East, mostly performed by women.[1] Former Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj protested against usage of ethnic minorities such as the Buryats, Tuvans, and Kalmyks as cannon fodder,[2] and invited them to Mongolia.[3] The Tuvans belong to Turkic peoples but are also regarded in Mongolia as one of the Uriankhai peoples.[4]

Sakha

Women protested in Ordzhonikidze Square, in Yakutsk.[5] Some elderly men were conscripted by mistake.[6]

Buryatia

Small groups protested in Ulan-Ude under handwritten signs “No war! No mobilization!” and “Our husbands, fathers and brothers don’t want to kill other husbands and fathers.” [7] The Free Buryatia Foundation collects appeals for help from families of mobilised men. Alexandra Garmazhapova, president of the foundation, some local people try to go to Mongolia.[8]

Two fires were set in Salavat.[9]

Zabaykalsky Krai

Marina Salomatova, a member of the “Transbaikal Civil Solidarity”, has been arrested in Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai.[10] [11]

Tuva

Women protested against mobilization in Kyzyl, 20 of them were arrested.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ Williams, Daniel (2022-09-28). "Women's power alive in benighted Iran, Afghan and Russia". Asia Times. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  2. ^ Mackinnon, Amy (2022-09-23). "Russia Is Sending Its Ethnic Minorities to the Meat Grinder". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  3. ^ "Former Mongolian president urges ethnic minority to avoid fighting in Ukraine". caliber.az. 2023-06-26. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  4. ^ "Uriyangqad, which is the plural form of Uriyangqan, itself originally a plural of Uriyangqai."
    KRUEGER, John (1977). Tuvan Manual. p. 10. Which quotes from Henry Serruy's "The Mongols in China during the Hung-wu Period", Melanges chinois et bouddhiques, vol 11. pp. 282–283, Brussels 1959.
  5. ^ Petrenko, Roman (25 September 2022). ""No to genocide": women protest in Russian Yakutsk – asking for their men back". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  6. ^ Yeung, Jessie; Pennington, Josh (2022-09-26). "Protests erupt in Russia's Dagestan region as minorities say they are being targeted by Putin's mobilization orders". CNN. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  7. ^ "Over 1,300 Detained as Russians Protest Mobilization". The Moscow Times. 2022-09-21. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  8. ^ Light, Felix (2022-09-24). "Russia's mobilization hits hard in poor, rural Buryatia". Reuters. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  9. ^ Konstantinov, Mark (2022-09-25). "В Башкирии загорелся офис партии «Единая Россия»". ufa1.ru – новости Уфы (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  10. ^ "Anti-war protests resume in Russian cities, protestors arrested". Meduza. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  11. ^ "Mass Arrests in Russia during Nationwide Anti-War Mobilizations". Left Voice. 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  12. ^ "Tuva police arrest 20 anti-draft protesters after official says region's mobilization 'completed'". Meduza. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
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