Street protests
February
On the afternoon of the invasion, the Investigative Committee of Russia issued a warning to Russians that they would face legal repercussions for joining unsanctioned protests related to "the tense foreign political situation". The opposition activist Marina Litvinovich called on Instagram for street protests on the evening of 24 February but was detained by police as she left her house. That evening, thousands took to the streets in cities across Russia to protest the war. The largest demonstrations were in Moscow, where 2,000 protesters gathered near Pushkinskaya Square, and Saint Petersburg, where up to 1,000 protesters gathered. Hundreds demonstrated inMarch
April–June
In Sochi, Diana Isakova and other activists prepared flyers with QR codes that led to an online text "Time to change!" written by Isakova,{{citation needed, date=November 2023 criticising Putin as a dictator and calling for citizens to organise and carry out nonviolent resistance against the Putin government. On 17 April, Isakova and her colleagues distributed the flyers. Isakova was later arrested but was not prosecuted. The audience staged an anti-war protest at the concert of the Russian group {{Ill, Kis-Kis (Russian band), lt=Kis-Kis, ru, Кис-Кис (группа) in Saint Petersburg in May. Unconfirmed reports circulated about a protest planned for 12 June, Russia Day, which eventually did not take place. Instead, authorities in Moscow detained 50 people, using facial recognition software.September
{{further, 2022 North Caucasian protests, 2022 Far Eastern protests On 21 September, theOther direct action
As well as protests, activists have also posted anti-war stickers around neighbourhoods, have written anti-war messages on banknotes, and have hung posters that mimic official missing person posters, but that instead contain information about Russian soldiers that have been killed in the invasion.{{cite web , last=Silinia , first=Maria , title=Russia's feminists are protesting the war and its propaganda with stickers, posters, performance and graffiti , url=https://theconversation.com/russias-feminists-are-protesting-the-war-and-its-propaganda-with-stickers-posters-performance-and-graffiti-179989 , website=The Conversation , access-date=9 April 2022 , date=7 April 2022 , archive-date=9 April 2022 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409170000/https://theconversation.com/russias-feminists-are-protesting-the-war-and-its-propaganda-with-stickers-posters-performance-and-graffiti-179989 , url-status=live The artist Alexandra Skochilenko was arrested for allegedly replacing supermarket labels with messages protesting the Mariupol theatre airstrike, and jailed for eight weeks pending trial under the Russian fake news laws. In Voronezh and Lukhovitsy, cases of 2022 Russian military commissariats arsons, arson of military enlistment offices and police departments in Krasnoyarsk and Smolensk were recorded. Molotov cocktails were used in all of them. As of beginning-June, at least 15 cases of arson directed at military recruitment centres had been recorded. On 24 March, a video was released on TikTok showing a protester throwing Molotov cocktails at the Moscow Kremlin walls. On 28 March, Moscow student Anastasia Levashova was sentenced to two years in prison for having thrown a Molotov cocktail at police during an anti-war rally. At least four teachers have been arrested after criticising the invasion in their classrooms. On 3 March, the Russian Ministry of Education instructed teachers to hold lessons telling students "why the liberation mission in Ukraine is a necessity." On 20 March, six women blocked traffic on a bridge in Zelenchukskaya demanding information about their relatives who had been sent to fight in Ukraine. All six were arrested. On 14 March, Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at Channel One Russia, disrupted the set of the channel's main News broadcasting, news program ''Vremya'' during prime time by holding up a sign with an anti-war message. The sign read: "NO WAR. Stop the war. Do not believe the propaganda, here you are being lied to. Russians against war". Ovsyannikova, the daughter of a Ukrainian father and a Russian mother, also released a pre-recorded video at OVD-Info in which she expressed shame for her part in spreading "Kremlin propaganda" at Channel One. She was detained by police later that evening and was released, according to TASS. Ovsyannikova was detained and later released again on 17 July after staging a lone protest at the {{Ill, Sophia Embankment, ru, Софийская_набережная, in front of the Kremlin, two days prior. Others have taken to attempt to remove symbols of pro-Russian actions, such as Z (military symbol), the letter Z. A man, who later fled to Armenia, reportedly stopped a car with the letter Z on its windscreen with a shovel and ordered the car's inhabitants to rip it off.{{Cite news , last=Demytrie , first=Rayhan , date=28 May 2022 , title=Ukraine war: Russian anti-war protesters flee to Armenia hoping for safety , language=en-GB , work=BBC News , url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61564441 , access-date=28 May 2022 , archive-date=29 May 2022 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529031943/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61564441 , url-status=live On 26 September, a gunman opened fire at a draft office in Irkutsk Oblast, injuring one senior official. On 8 May 2023, the Yav Art Group presented an installation titled "Russian Cyberpunk", where Prosthetics, prostheses painted with Gzhel patterns were attached to human silhouettes. The project was swiftly dismantled by authorities after its installation.Russian military personnel
Some Russian soldiers have been reported to have disobeyed orders to join the invasion. On 12 March, it was reported that around 80 marines had refused to fight after being deployed to Kherson and were returned to Crimea. On 7 April, Pskov newspaper Pskovskaya Gubernia reported that around 60 Russian paratroopers in Belarus had refused such orders, further reporting that Russian commanders were blocking attempts by soldiers to resign from the Russian Armed Forces and referring those soldiers to prosecutors instead. Among service personnel who have refused to conduct hostilities against Ukraine include 11 OMON fighters from Khakassia [271], about 100 OMON fighters from Omsk [272], as well as servicemen of the 15th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment, the 9th Guards Artillery Brigade, 9th Guards, 165th and 227th Artillery Brigades, the 15th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade, 15th Separate Peacekeeping, 25th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, 25th Guards, 38th, 64th Motor Rifle Brigade, 64th, 74th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, 74th Guards, 80th Arctic Motor Rifle Brigade, 80th, 138th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, 138th and 200th Separate Motor Rifle Brigades, 5th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade, 5th and 71st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division (Soviet Union), 71st Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigades, 54th and 95th Control Brigades, 6th Regiment of NBC Protection, 51st Separate Logistics Brigade, 69th Fortress Brigade (Russia), 69th Separate Covering Brigade, 108th and 247th Guards Air Assault Regiments, 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade, 810th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade stationed in the Crimea, commanders at different ranks of the 3rd Motor Rifle Division, and the personnel of two battalion tactical groups of the 4th Guards Military Base from South Ossetia which has been deployed with the 58th Combined Arms Army. On 30 March 2022, South Ossetian social media channels, local bloggers, and politicians such as the former de facto president Eduard Kokoity reported that many Ossetian servicemen — up to 300, according to one source — had abandoned the Ukrainian battlefields, returning home "of their own free will".{{cite news , title=S. Ossetian Servicemen Make Puzzling Retreat from Ukraine , url=https://civil.ge/archives/482759 , access-date=1 April 2022 , work=Civil Georgia , date=1 April 2022 , archive-date=17 April 2022 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417224535/https://civil.ge/archives/482759 , url-status=livePetitions and open letters
In the weeks preceding the invasion, there were signs that anti-war sentiment was growing in Saint Petersburg.{{cite web , author-first=Niko , author-last=Vorobyov , title=Ukraine crisis: Russia's quiet anti-war movement gets louder , website=Al Jazeera Media Network, Al Jazeera , date=3 February 2022 , url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/3/ukraine-crisis-in-russia-a-quiet-anti-war-movement-is-growing , access-date=24 February 2022 , archive-date=24 February 2022 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224010911/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/3/ukraine-crisis-in-russia-a-quiet-anti-war-movement-is-growing , url-status=live At the beginning of February, over 150 prominent Russian activists, authors, and academics signed an open letter, 'If Only There Is No War!', protesting the "party of war in the Russian leadership" and state media. After the invasion, Russian Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov announced that the ''Novaya Gazeta'' newspaper would publish its next edition in both Ukrainian and Russian. Muratov, the journalist Mikhail Zygar, the film director Vladimir Mirzoyev, and others signed a document stating that Ukraine is not a threat to Russia and calling for Russian citizens "to say no to this war." The ''Kommersant'' reporter Elena Chernenko (journalist), Elena Chernenko launched an anti-war petition, which was signed by over 250 journalists. Another letter condemning the war was signed by over 250 scientists, and a third open letter was signed by almost 200 municipal council members in Moscow and other cities. On 24 February, human rights activistSymbolism
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{{main, White-blue-white flag The white-blue-white flag is an anti-war symbol created by removing the red from the Russian flag. According to anti-war protesters, the red represented blood and violence, and the flag attempts to evoke the legacy of the Novgorod Republic as an example of democracy. However, not all protesters appreciated the flag. Maria Motuznaya (an opposition activist) had criticised the justification for the removal red stripe of the flag.Green ribbons
Some protesters have used green ribbons as a symbol of opposition to the war.Statements against the war
Statements against the war by Russian politicians and political parties
Both the Yabloko, Russian United Democratic "Yabloko" Party and the People's Freedom Party (Russia), Party of People's Freedom condemned the impending invasion of Ukraine several days before 24 February 2022. Both of these parties opposed the illegal annexation of Crimea and hold moderately pro-Ukrainian positions. The Yabloko party published a petition demanding the withdrawal of troops from the Ukrainian-Russian border on 13 February 2022. Although the party continues to legally exist, dozens of Yabloko members, politicians, and activists have been arrested or detained since 24 February. TheStatements against the war by public figures
After the invasion began on 24 February, several Russian celebrities, including pop star Valery Meladze, television host Ivan Urgant and television presenter Ksenia Sobchak, unambiguously criticized it on social media.{{cite news , author-first=Tristan , author-last=Bove , title=Russian celebrities risk being banned for life to slam Putin's attack on Ukraine , newspaper=Fortune , date=24 February 2022 , url=https://fortune.com/2022/02/24/russian-celebrities-risk-career-putin-attacks-ukraine/ , access-date=24 February 2022 , archive-date=25 February 2022 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225112424/https://fortune.com/2022/02/24/russian-celebrities-risk-career-putin-attacks-ukraine/ , url-status=live The comedian and television presenter Maxim Galkin and television comedian {{Ill, Alexander Gudkov, ru, Гудков, Александр Владимирович also condemned the war, as did actress Chulpan Khamatova and actor Konstantin Khabensky. Vlogger Yury Dud received a million 'likes' for a post criticising the war: {{blockquote, I write these words for a reason. When my children grow up and discover this moment in history... and ask me 'Dad, what did you do?', I want to have written proof that I did not choose this regime and did not support its imperialist rage. Ukrainian-born pop star Svetlana Loboda asked "How is this possible? Lord, stop all this!" Figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva called for "this all [to end] as soon as possible, like a bad dream". Chess player Yan Nepomniachtchi tweeted in protest: "History has seen many Black Thursdays. But today is blacker than the others. #saynotowar". Tennis world number one Daniil Medvedev and world number seven Andrey Rublev both spoke out in favour of peace on the day of the invasion. On the following day Rublev wrote "No war please" on the camera after winning his match. The hip-hop artist Oxxxymiron cancelled upcoming shows and called for mass protest, calling the invasion "a crime and a catastrophe". Yelena Kovalskaya resigned as director of the state-owned Meyerhold Theater Center, writing that it was "impossible to work for a murderer and receive salary from him".Statements against the war by organizations
The founders of the "Immortal Regiment" commemoration movement, in which ordinary Russians carry photographs of veteran family members in marches around Russia held annually to mark WWII Victory Day (9 May), Victory Day on 9 May, addressed Vladimir Putin in a statement, asking him to "stop the bloodshed". Svetlana Golub, head of the Union of the Committees of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia told The Guardian that "Wars always lead to deaths. From the many conversations I have been sent between soldiers and their families, I believe many Russians have already died... Conflicts always mean lots of suffering. Please, both sides have to stop." Memorial (society), Memorial, the oldest human rights organization in Russia, which has been repressed against by the Russian government and forced to shut down in 2021, described the invasion as "a crime against peace and humanity" in a statement, adding that it "will remain a shameful chapter in the Russian history." On 3 March, the multinational company Lukoil, the second largest company in Russia after Gazprom, called for a ceasefire and diplomatic means to solve the conflict.Censorship and repression
A spokesperson for the United Nations condemned the "arbitrary arrests" of protesters, and called for their immediate release. On 8 March, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed concerns over "the use of repressive legislation that impedes the exercise of civil and political rights and criminalising non-violent behaviour." On 26 February, Human Rights Watch stated that videos of the crack down it analysed showed "brutal arrests of peaceful activists by police officers" and stated that "authorities' actions to prevent people from participating in peaceful public protests and freely expressing their opinions violate fundamental rights." On 3 March, it stated that the Russian government had blocked access to at least eight independent Russian media outlets, along with a number of Ukrainian media outlets, and that it was "bluntly imposing censorship combined with a false narrative that they demand everyone must parrot." Amnesty International stated that the Russian government was "hellbent on stifling state critics as it coerces domestic media into supporting its policies" and "routinely used force to disperse nationwide anti-war protests." International human rights NGO Civil Rights Defenders stated that there had been a "serious crackdown" on freedom of expression in Russia and that people who had been arrested for protesting against the war were being restricted from having access to lawyers. On 4 March, seven international and Russian human rights groups (Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the Human Rights House Foundation, the International Federation for Human Rights, the International Service for Human Rights, the Memorial Human Rights Centre, and Civic Assistance Committee, Komitet Grazhdanskoe Sodeistvi) released a joint letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council stating that Russia was experiencing a "fully-fledged witch hunt against independent groups, human rights defenders, media outlets and journalists, and political opposition" that was "decimating civil society and forcing many into exile." Russia's interior ministry justified the arrests due to the "coronavirus restrictions, including on public events" that remained in place. Russian authorities warned Russians of legal repercussions for joining anti-war protests. On 16 March, Putin gave a speech in which he called opponents of the war "scum and traitors," saying that a "natural and necessary self-cleansing of society will only strengthen our country." Works by Russian authors critical of the war (ex. Vladimir Sorokin, Dmitry Bykov, Boris Akunin) have been subject to censorship in the form of being withdrawn from many Russian bookstores.War censorship and fake news laws
{{main, Russian 2022 war censorship lawsReprisals
''The Moscow Times'' reported that some Russian workers who have signed petitions against the war have been told to withdraw their signatures by their employers, and have been fired if they refused. The newspaper also reported that some companies have warned employees against "making posts about political topics on Facebook."Mass arrests
The recorded number of anti-war protesters arrested by day according to OVD-Info is: * 24 February: 1,965 * 25 February: 643 * 26 February: 533 * 27 February: 2,857 * 28 February: 516 * 1 March: 329 * 2 March: 852 * 3 March: 498 * 4 March: 80 * 5 March: 84 * 6 March: 5,572 * 8 March: 122 * 13 March: 936 * 2 April: 215 * 21 September: 1,382 * 22 September: 14 * 24 September: 847 * 25 September: 149Police brutality
Russian NGO OVD-Info reported that it had confirmed at least 30 cases of protesters being beaten by police on the weekend of 5–6 March, as well as several cases of arrested protesters being tortured in detention, while saying that "it is likely that this number is much higher. There are many videos on social networks in which police officers are seen beating anti-war protesters." An audio recording from a protester arrested that weekend who managed to conceal her phone while detained and interrogated by multiple police documented 11 minutes of physical and verbal abuse, with one officer telling her that "You are the enemies of Russia. You are the enemies of the people." Human Rights Watch has stated that Russian police have used "excessive force as they arrest people," that police sometimes cover up their ID on their uniforms, that people arrested have been "forced to have their photo and fingerprints taken and surrender their telephones, contrary to Russian law," and that several arrested protesters have been subjected to waterboarding. Mediazona has further reported that women who have been arrested have been subjected to threats of sexual violence, that arrested gender-non-conforming protesters have been ridiculed, and that police sprayed some detainees in the face with antiseptic solutions.Reactions
Domestic opposition to anti-war sentiment
A number of people affiliated with the Russian government have spoken out against the protests. Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, stated that "now is not the time to be divided. Now is the time to unite, to unite around our president," while acknowledging that "there are heated debates among cultural figures." Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of Russian state-controlled news agencies RT (TV network), RT and Rossiya Segodnya, stated that "If you are ashamed of being Russian now, don't worry, you are not Russian." In response to Simonyan's statement, Vitalik Buterin, programmer and one of the co-founders of Ethereum, said, "Go fuck yourself." Andrey Turchak, a lawmaker from Putin'sExodus of Russians
{{main, Russian emigration following the Russian invasion of Ukraine Since the beginning of the invasion, more than 300,000 Russians have fled the country,{{cite news , last=Boutsko , first=Anastassia , title=Who are the Russians leaving their country? , url=https://www.dw.com/en/who-are-the-russians-leaving-their-country/a-61364390 , access-date=10 April 2022 , work=Deutsche Welle , date=5 April 2022 particularly citizens who are opposed to the war, in response to increasing repression and rumours of Conscription in Russia, conscription and Martial law in Russia, martial law. Journalist Boris Grozovski published a Facebook post saying that "We are not tourists, dear citizens of Georgia. We are refugees. Personally, I was wanted by the police in Russia for distributing anti-war petitions... We ran not from bullets, bombs and missiles, but from prison. If I wrote what I write now while in Russia, I would inevitably go to prison for 15–20 years." Others have fled the country due to concerns about deteriorating conditions within the country, specifically in economical and political terms, coupled with anti-war sentiments and being targeted for past opposition movements. Bolshoi Theater ballerina Olga Smirnova (dancer), Olga Smirnova left Russia to continue her career in the Netherlands in protest of the war. By early April, an estimated 100,000 Russians had fled Russia to Georgia (country), Georgia. After three weeks of war, around 14,000 were said to have left for Turkey. Tens of thousands went to Armenia; by 24 May an estimated 108,000 Russian citizens having fled to the country, or Nordic states such as Finland. Thousands are said to have gone to Uzbekistan.Opinion polls
A state-run poll published on 28 February by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center claimed that 68% of Russians supported the "special military operation", 22% opposed, and 10% found it difficult to answer. Later on, a series of four online polls by Alexei Navalny'sAnalysis
Status of the Russian opposition
{{See also, Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia Alvina Hoffmann of King's College London said that the "seemingly broad anti-war coalition is remarkable, given that the "Russian political apparatus has been systematically dismantling opposition movements, creating a climate where any form of protest is met with oppression." Russian journalist Alexander Bidin, writing for openDemocracy, stated that "Russian society lacks institutions that are capable of taking up the organisation of protests, especially at short notice" and that "for the majority, going out into the streets is a moral duty and a symbolic act, rather than a functional instrument of resistance to the authorities." Sasha de Vogel of New York University has argued that anti-war protests "are more visible to audiences in the West than to the Russian public at large" and that the protests "have no coordinating body. Many have been planned through personal networks and social media posts. In some cases, opponents of the war have simply travelled to their nearest city centre in the hope of finding like-minded citizens. Many protests are single-person pickets."Risks of protesting
Maria Popova of McGill University stated that "you're not only taking a risk by showing up to a protest, you're taking a risk of being put on a list and being systematically harassed by authorities for having taken part in a protest," further saying that the levels of repression in Russia were "way worse than they have been at any point since Stalinist time." One protester interviewed by NPR stated that the anti-war protests "seem more dangerous" than previous protest movements in Russia under Putin and that some protesters "really did not realize that it is possible to just have a poster that says 'No to war' and end up at the police station. They really did not think that this was possible in our country." Grigory Durnovo, analyst for Russian NGO OVD-Info, told France 24 that "we have never seen such a large number of detainees per day," with protesters risking fines "from 2,000 to 300,000 rubles (from €17 to more than €2,500) and risk up to 30 days in detention." Durnovo further stated that Russian state media "sometimes mentions anti-war protests but we can't use them as a source because they don't tell the whole story." On 4 March, OVD-Info coordinator Leonid Drabkin told Al Jazeera Media Network, Al Jazeera that "in over 100 cities, we know that there were detentions" since the start of the invasion and that "this topic really touches everyone. Because it's not really about your political views, but many Russians have relatives and friends in Ukraine."Demographics
Several commentators have noted the significant presence of youth in the anti-war protests in Russia. Cynthia Hooper of the College of the Holy Cross said that protests against the war represented a "generational struggle" in Russia, pitting "those who believe in the stories of state-run television against their own children." CNN International's diplomatic editor Nic Robertson stated that "a generation here has grown up willfully ignorant of state disinformation, weaned instead on social media, so are impervious to the lies that cowed their parents," but that they were "still contained by the massive state security infrastructure that is the real muscle behind state media's messaging." Commentators have also noted the significant role of women in the protests. Meduza journalist Alexey Kovalyov has stated that "it's mostly women who are facing real violence and serious prison time." Maria Silina of the Université du Québec à Montréal has stated that "the overwhelming majority of [anti-war protesters] were women, queer or trans — many of whom were rarely visible as political activists in Russia due to homophobic laws against them."Impact of state media and censorship
Ben Noble of University College London stated that:"Russian state media continues to portray a very different reality to the coverage in western media. Rather than a full-scale assault, the narrative is of a "special operation" to protect ethnic Russians in the so-called "republics" of Donetsk and Luhansk from "genocide" being carried out by Ukraine's "neo-Nazi" government. Words like "invasion" and "war" are banned in Russian media. Independent outlets have been blocked or shut down. And Russians face the prospect of harsh punishment for challenging the state's line on the conflict."One reason many Russians have supported the "special military operation" in Ukraine has to do with the Propaganda in Russia, propaganda and disinformation being sown by the Kremlin. Some observers noted what they described as a "generational struggle" among Russians over perception of the war,{{cite web , last=Hooper , first=Cynthia , title=Russia's invasion of Ukraine has Kremlin battling for hearts and minds at home , url=https://theconversation.com/russias-invasion-of-ukraine-has-kremlin-battling-for-hearts-and-minds-at-home-177991 , website=The Conversation (website), The Conversation , access-date=3 March 2022 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303161359/https://theconversation.com/russias-invasion-of-ukraine-has-kremlin-battling-for-hearts-and-minds-at-home-177991 , archive-date=3 March 2022 , date=2 March 2022 with younger Russians more likely opposed to the war and older Russians more likely to accept the narrative presented by state-controlled mass media in Russia, media in Russia. According to researcher Mikhail Sokolov, "If you are younger than 30, live in a big city, have a higher education and do not watch television, the probability that you will not support the actions of the Russian army exceeds 80%."
Impact of international sanctions
The effect of International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War, international sanctions and condemnation of the war at domestic anti-war protests has been debated. Brian Grodsky of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County warned that the weight of sanctions might hurt the Russian opposition more than help it, saying that "the very sanctions that encourage Russians to attack the regime also narrow their available opportunities to do so." Carnegie Moscow Center scholar Andrey Movchan wrote that sanctions aimed at ordinary Russians could be "exactly what the Kremlin wants – that tens of millions of Russians who oppose the regime will be unable to leave the country and even temporarily find themselves in a world free of Russian propaganda," stating that sanctions should instead "uncompromisingly block the Kremlin's access to its financial and technological resources."Long-term prognosis
Kremlinologist Lilia Shevtsova stated that "the 'Crimea effect' is vanishing. The war in Ukraine creates 'our' casualties – this will have an impact. Moreover, in 2008 and 2014, the wars were relatively short and they ended with 'our' victory. At the moment, a lot of Russians accept Putin's 'peace operation.' But they may change their attitude if the operation [is] long and bloody." Erica Chenoweth of the Harvard Kennedy School has stated that "protests are necessary but insufficient predictors of when elites decide to shift their loyalty" and that it was "important not to underestimate that Putin does have a real base that's incredibly loyal to him."Overall opinion in Russia
As of December 2024, support for anti-Putin rallies in Ukraine among Russians reached an all-time low.{{cite web , url=https://www.euronews.com/2023/12/02/russians-support-of-ukraine-war-collapses-finds-poll , title=Russians' support of Ukraine war collapses, finds poll , date=2 December 2023See also
{{Portal, Russia * 2014 anti-war protests in Russia * 2022 protests in Russian-occupied Ukraine * Boycott of Russia and Belarus * Government and intergovernmental reactions to the Russian invasion of Ukraine * Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War * Protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine * State Duma initiative for charging Vladimir Putin of high treason * White-blue-white flag *National liberation struggle of the Ingush peopleNotes
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* {{cite web , title=нет войне – Nein zum Krieg! , language=de , work=lit.Cologne , publisher=lit.Cologne GmbH , location=Cologne, Germany , date=15 March 2022 , author-first=Mariana , author-last=Sadovska , author-link=Mariana Sadovska , author-first2=Olga , author-last2=Scheps , author-link2=Olga Scheps , author-first3=Susanne , author-last3=Beyer , author-link3=:de:Susanne Beyer (Journalistin) , author-first4=Deniz , author-last4=Yücel , author-link4=Deniz Yücel , author-first5=Navid , author-last5=Kermani , author-link5=Navid Kermani , author-first6=Sasha , author-last6=Filipenko , author-link6=Sasha Filipenko , author-first7=Sasha Marianna , author-last7=Salzmann , author-link7=Sasha Marianna Salzmann , author-first8=Ulrich , author-last8=Noethen , author-link8=Ulrich Noethen , type=literature evening, radio and TV broadcast , url=https://www.litcologne.de/de/programm/lit-cologne-2022/net-vojny-nein-zum-krieg , access-date=18 March 2022 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318074112/https://www.litcologne.de/de/programm/lit-cologne-2022/net-vojny-nein-zum-krieg , archive-date=18 March 2022