Stop the Wagons () is a Russian
anti-war movement that engaged in
sabotaging
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Russian railways in various ways to prevent the transport of equipment, fuel, ammunition and other supplies to the
war in Ukraine
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.
History
The movement's website contains detailed instructions on sabotaging Russian supply lines and railways. On 8 May 2022, the
Telegram channel of the movement was blocked. According to their own statements, they were blocked "after the publication of a map of railway resistance, which covered over 30% of the territory of Russia."
The movement claimed responsibility for an incident in the
Amur Oblast on the
Trans-Siberian Railway on 29 June 2022, for wagon derailment in
Tver on 5 July, for derailing several wagons in
Krasnoyarsk on 13 July, for freight trains in station
Lesosibirsk
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History
The village of Maklakov Lug (russian: Маклаков Луг), later known as Maklakovo () existed on the ...
from
Krasnoyarsk Krai, in
Makhachkala during the night of 23–24 July (local authorities, as main version, also consider
sabotage), and on
October Railway's
Babaevo station on 12 August.
On 19 July 2022, the website of the movement was blocked by
Roskomnadzor in Russia at the request of the
Prosecutor General
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's Office.
See also
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Community of Railway Workers of Belarus
References
2022–2023 Belarusian and Russian partisan movement
Opposition to Vladimir Putin
Organizations established in 2022
Organizations of the Russo-Ukrainian War
Railway accidents and incidents in Russia
Railway accidents in 2022
Train wrecks caused by sabotage
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