Russian protesters are being threatened with punishments that include being drafted to fight against Ukraine.
of a nighttime crowd gathered on Moscow's main pedestrian street of Arbat, shouting,"Send Putin to the trenches!" Arbat Street is located only about a mile from the Kremlin, Putin's official residence.in regions like the Donbas. Part of the mobilization includes a transfer of forces in Izyum and Balakliya for what Russian officials refer to as the continued liberation of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Above, police officers detain a man in Moscow on September 21, 2022, following calls to protest against partial mobilization announced by President Vladimir Putin. Recent video from Moscow showed protesters yelling"send Putin to the trenches!"The protest scene in Moscow was one of the multiple rebukes of Putin's announcement.One Russian-language, titled 'Against partial and total mobilization,' was created on change.org and has been signed over 140,000 times.
"We, the citizens of Russia, women and men, oppose general and partial mobilization," the petition states."President Vladimir Putin has no legal grounds, weighted and well-reasoned reasons for announcing it, and cannot have any. In the current state of uncertainty we are not prepared to expose our men - brothers, sons, husbands, fathers and grandfathers - to any moral, ethical or physical danger.
A crowd gathered this evening on Arbat, Moscow's main pedestrian street, shouts"Send Putin to the trenches!"
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