2022 Russian Far East protests

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With the beginning of mobilization in Russia, anti-war and anti-mobilization protests broke out in the Russian Far East, mostly performed by women. [1] Former Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj protested against usage of ethnic minorities such as the Buryats, Tuvans, and Kalmyks as cannon fodder, [2] and invited them to Mongolia. [3] The Tuvans belong to Turkic peoples but are also regarded in Mongolia as one of the Uriankhai peoples. [4]

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Sakha

Women protested in Ordzhonikidze Square, in Yakutsk. [5] Some elderly men were conscripted by mistake. [6]

Buryatia

Small groups protested in Ulan-Ude under handwritten signs “No war! No mobilization!” and “Our husbands, fathers and brothers don’t want to kill other husbands and fathers.” [7] The Free 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 in Salavat. [9]

Zabaykalsky Krai

Marina Salomatova, a member of the “Transbaikal Civil Solidarity”, has been arrested in Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai. [10] [11]

Tuva

Women protested against mobilization in Kyzyl, 20 of them were arrested. [12]

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