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‘A year of diZgrace’ Antiwar protests and makeshift memorials spring up across Russia, commemorating a year of shame and sorrow over the Ukraine invasion

4:58 pm, February 24, 2023

On February 24, the anniversary of the full-scale war in Ukraine ordered by Vladimir Putin, people across Russia are expressing grief, shame, and remorse, along with their indignation with an invasion launched in their name. As the Kremlin tries hard to suppress all demonstrations of public disapproval and protest against the war, photos from different Russian cities, published by the local media, reveal what many Russians cannot keep to themselves, in spite of the censorship and the brutal police practices.

Tomsk

Tomsk police await potential protesters

TV2, Tomsk

Novosibirsk

Stuffed toys and blue-and-yellow bouquets by the Taras Shevchenko monument in Novosibirsk

Sibir.Realii

Murmansk

A makeshift memorial to the victims of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine

Avtozak LIVE

Khanty-Mansiysk

Another makeshift memorial

Solidarnost

Rostov-on-Don

Activists express support for Ukraine and sorrow for war victims

Feminist Antiwar Resistance

Perm

Locals commemorate a year of the invasion by the memorial to the victims of political repressions and near another Perm monument

Perm 36.6

‘A year of diZgrace,’ a banner using the letter ‘Z’ as a symbol of the invasion

Solidarnost

Irkutsk

A woman demands the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine

Avtozak LIVE

Vologda

A makeshift memorial in Vologda

Astra

Vladivostok

A protester with an antiwar placard was detained by the police

OVD Info

Ivanovo

“Enough of this ‘bloodshed for peace’!” reads a banner in Ivanovo

Ivanovo’s Free People

Barnaul

Four young people were arrested by the police in Barnaul for protesting the war

OVD Info

Kazan

A makeshift memorial by the monument to the victims of political repressions

Avtozak LIVE

St. Petersburg

A St. Petersburg resident was arrested for laying flowers by the Taras Shevchenko monument

Bumaga

Moscow

Flowers by the monument to the Ukrainian writer Lesya Ukrainka

Atra

Three young women were arrested by the police for expressing their antiwar position

SOTA

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Crushing the anti-war movement OVD-Info breaks down the six months of unprecedented repressions that turned Russia into a dictatorship

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How the Kremlin strives to suppress antiwar protest

Crushing the anti-war movement OVD-Info breaks down the six months of unprecedented repressions that turned Russia into a dictatorship

2 years ago

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