With the beginning ofmobilization in Russia in September 2022 during theRusso-Ukrainian war, anti-war and anti-mobilization protests broke out in theRussian Far East, mostly performed by women.[1] Former Mongolian PresidentTsakhiagiin Elbegdorj protested against usage of ethnic minorities such as theBuryats,Tuvans, andKalmyks as cannon fodder,[2] and invited them toMongolia.[3] The Tuvans belong toTurkic peoples but are also regarded in Mongolia as one of theUriankhai peoples.[4]
Women protested in Ordzhonikidze Square, inYakutsk.[5] Some elderly men were conscripted by mistake.[6]
Small groups protested inUlan-Ude under handwritten signs “No war! No mobilization!” and “Our husbands, fathers and brothers don’t want to kill other husbands and fathers.”[7] TheFree Buryatia Foundation collects appeals for help from families of mobilised men. Alexandra Garmazhapova, president of the foundation, some local people try to go to Mongolia.[8]
Two fires were set inSalavat.[9]
Marina Salomatova, a member of the “Transbaikal Civil Solidarity”, has been arrested inChita, Zabaykalsky Krai.[10][11]
Women protested against mobilization inKyzyl, 20 of them were arrested.[12]
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