Demonstrations broke out across Russia on Thursday evening as citizens protested President Vladmir Putin’s order for a military attack on Ukraine.
Police, apparently anticipating the unrest, “moved swiftly to stifle any dissent at home,” foreign media report, including preemptively arresting known activists before they even reached the protests.
The protests started in St. Petersburg, where protesters expressed their objection to Putin’s decision for invading Ukraine, and marched against the war despite of risking the arrest from Russian authorities.
Protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg. pic.twitter.com/l7Jo1YDCif
— Michail / O̷p̵i̸u̸m̶ ̸H̶u̷m̵ (@opiumhum) February 24, 2022
In Moscow, protesters chanted “no war” even as police scrambled to close Pushkin Square.
В Новосибирске шествие. Скандируют: "Нет войне!" pic.twitter.com/ou5bwTnI9P
— Сергей Бойко (@_sergey_boyko) February 24, 2022
Anti-war protests even stretched to Siberia, where protesters marched on the streets of Novosibirsk. /The Geopost/
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