No to mobilization Russians take to the streets countrywide after Putin announces call-up
On September 21, Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would officially mobilize for war. He claimed the step is necessary because the Russian military is facing “not only neo-Nazi formations, but what is effectively the entire military machine of the collective West.” The authorities claim they plan to conscript 300,000 people. In the hours since the announcement, protesters have taken to the streets throughout Russia.
Moscow
Number of protesters: hundreds
Number of arrests: at least 537
Protesters being arrested in Moscow. September 21.
Maxim Shipenkov / EPA / Scanpix / LETA
Protesters being arrested in Moscow. September 21.
Alexander Nemenov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA
St. Petersburg
Number of protesters: hundreds
Number of arrests: at least 480
Yekaterinburg
Number of protesters: unknown
Number of arrests: at least 48
Police outside a vehicle of arrested protesters in Yekaterinburg
Donat Sorokin / TASS
Perm
Number of protesters: unknown
Number of arrests: At least 30
Tver
Number of protesters: unknown
Number of arrests: about 20
Voronezh
Number of protesters: unknown
Number of arrests: about 40
Barnaul
Number of protesters: several dozen
Number of arrests: unknown
Ulan-Ude
Number of protesters: several dozen
Number of arrests: four
Irkutsk
Number of protesters: about 60 (according to local activists)
Number of arrests: about 20; at least nine confirmed by OVD-Info
Krasnoyarsk
Number of protesters: several dozen
Number of arrests: 10–15; according to other reports, 30
Zheleznogorsk
Number of protesters: unknown
Number of arrests: three
Tomsk
Number of protesters: possibly as many as 100
Number of arrests: about 15; two confirmed by OVD-Info
Novosibirsk
Number of protesters: about 100 (according to local activists)
Number of arrests: at least one
Novosibirsk
Rostislav Netisov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA
Ufa
Number of protesters: unknown
Number of arrests: at least 14
Yakutsk
Number of protesters: at least 2-4
Number of arrests: at least two
Chelyabinsk
Number of protesters: unknown
Number of arrests: At least 13
Salavat
Number of protesters: unknown
Number of arrests: at least one
Arkhangelsk
Number of protesters: unknown
Number of arrests: at least seven
Petrozavodsk
Number of protesters: unknown
Number of arrests: at least four
Korolyov
Number of protesters: unknown
Number of arrests: at least six
Kaluga
Number of protesters: unknown
Number of arrests: at least two
OVD-info has also reported at least one arrest in each of the following cities: Belgorod, Smolensk, Surgut, Samara, Volgograd, and Tyumen.
Meduza will continue to update these numbers.