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{{Short description|Protests in Russia opposing the invasion of Ukraine}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox civil conflict
| title = Anti-war protests in Russia (2022–present)
| partof = the [[protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine]], the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], and [[Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia|Russian opposition]] protest rallies
| image = [[File:Protest against the invasion of Ukraine (Yekaterinburg, February 24, 2022).jpg|400px]]
| caption = [[Picketing|Picketers]] at the [[1905 Square (Yekaterinburg)|1905 Square]] in [[Yekaterinburg]], February 2022
| date = {{start date|df=yes|2022|02|24}} – ''present'' ({{age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=2|day1=24|year1=2022}})
| place = Russia
| coordinates = 
| causes = {{ubl|[[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]|[[2022 Russian mobilization]]}}
| goals = {{ubl|Withdrawal of troops from Ukraine|End of the mobilization|Resignation of [[Vladimir Putin]] and [[Mikhail Mishustin]]|Release of [[Alexei Navalny]] {{small|(factions)}}}}
| methods = {{ubl|Demonstrations|Internet activism|Picketing|Vandalism|Civil diversions|Protest marches}}
| status = Ongoing
* Protests largely subsided
* Severe government crackdown on protests
* Protests partially spilled over into a [[2022 Belarusian and Russian partisan movement|partisan movement]]
| result = 
| side2 = {{flagicon image|White-blue-white flag.svg}} '''[[Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia|Opposition]]''':<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ex-press.by/rubrics/v-mire/2022/03/04/mnenie-uzhe-est-pervye-zvonochki-poyavlenie-alternativnoj-gosudarstvennoj-simvoliki-rossii-belo-sine-belyj-flag |title=Мнение: «Уже есть первые звоночки — появление альтернативной государственной символики России |website=ex-press.by |trans-title=Opinion: "There are already the first signs – the emergence of an alternative state symbolism of Russia" |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305094000/https://ex-press.by/rubrics/v-mire/2022/03/04/mnenie-uzhe-est-pervye-zvonochki-poyavlenie-alternativnoj-gosudarstvennoj-simvoliki-rossii-belo-sine-belyj-flag |archive-date=5 March 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://memepedia.ru/v-tvittere-pridumali-novyj-flag-rossii-belo-sine-belyj/ |title=В твиттере придумали новый флаг России – бело-сине-белый |date=3 March 2022 |trans-title=Twitter came up with a new flag of Russia – white-blue-white |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305094000/https://memepedia.ru/v-tvittere-pridumali-novyj-flag-rossii-belo-sine-belyj/ |archive-date=5 March 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tjournal.ru/internet/552118-fotoproekt-rossiya-s-drugim-variantom-flaga |title=Фотопроект: Россия с другим вариантом флага |date=3 March 2022 |trans-title=Photo project: Russia with a different version of the flag |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303145548/https://tjournal.ru/internet/552118-fotoproekt-rossiya-s-drugim-variantom-flaga |archive-date=3 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://t.me/orange_east/28742|title=Orange East|website=t.me|access-date=17 October 2022|archive-date=2022-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925195746/https://t.me/orange_east/28742|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Logo of the Feminist Anti-War Resistance 01-en.svg}} [[Feminist Anti-War Resistance]]<ref>{{cite web |newspaper=[[Deutsche Welle]] |date=8 March 2022 |script-title=ru:Комментарий: Настоящее 8 марта – день антивоенного женского сопротивления |trans-title=Commentary: The real March 8 is the day of anti-war women's resistance |url=https://www.dw.com/ru/kommentarij-nastojashhee-8-marta-den-antivoennogo-zhenskogo-soprotivlenija/a-61057336 |access-date=15 March 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=15 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315155532/https://www.dw.com/ru/kommentarij-nastojashhee-8-marta-den-antivoennogo-zhenskogo-soprotivlenija/a-61057336 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Vesna (Russia) logo.svg}} [[Vesna (Russia)|Vesna]]<ref>{{cite web |newspaper=[[The Insider (website)|The Insider]] |date=26 February 2022 |script-title=ru:Активисты анонсировали на 27 февраля всероссийскую антивоенную акцию |trans-title=Activists announced an all-Russian anti-war action for February 27 |url=https://theins.ru/news/248911 |access-date=5 March 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226175124/https://theins.ru/news/248911 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Anarchist_Flag.svg}} [[Anarchism in Russia|Anarchists]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The Invasion of Ukraine: Anarchist Interventions and Geopolitical Changes |url=https://itsgoingdown.org/the-invasion-of-ukraine-anarchist-interventions-and-geopolitical-changes/ |work=[[It's Going Down (website)|It's Going Down]] |date=14 March 2022 |access-date=27 March 2022 |quote=Many anarchists are also choosing to fight against the Russian invasion, even though that requires some level of collaboration with Ukrainian government forces. It is significant, though, that many of those fighting are Russians who had already fled their country as Putin's regime became more totalitarian. |archive-date=2022-03-22  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322194207/https://itsgoingdown.org/the-invasion-of-ukraine-anarchist-interventions-and-geopolitical-changes/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Moscow Anarchist Black Cross updates, March 2022 |url=https://libcom.org/news/moscow-anarchist-black-cross-updates-march-2022-09032022 |work=[[libcom.org]] |date=9 March 2022 |access-date=27 March 2022 |archive-date=2022-03-13  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313102103/http://libcom.org/news/moscow-anarchist-black-cross-updates-march-2022-09032022 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** {{flagicon image|Logo of the Party of the Dead.svg}} [[Party of the Dead]]<ref name="bbcc">{{Cite web |date=2022-04-13 |title="Русские русских не хоронят". Как арт-протест в России отвечает на войну с Украиной |url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-61095167 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420191616/https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-61095167 |archive-date=2022-04-20 |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref name="svobo">{{Cite news |date=2019-01-06 |title="Живые не вполне живы". Партия мертвых на пути к некроинтернационалу |url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/29679508.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421194953/https://www.svoboda.org/a/29679508.html |archive-date=2022-04-21 |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]|last1=Павлова |first1=Светлана }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=07.05: антивоенные акции в России и мире |url=https://activatica.org/content/15f5d9c3-d1a7-4b6b-bace-ba68c058118d/0705-antivoennye-akcii-v-rossii-i-mire |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512121650/https://activatica.org/content/15f5d9c3-d1a7-4b6b-bace-ba68c058118d/0705-antivoennye-akcii-v-rossii-i-mire |archive-date=2022-05-12 |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=Activatica |language=ru}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Socialist red flag.svg}} [[Socialism|Socialists]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Союз демократических социалистов - СДС |url=https://www.facebook.com/society.levdem/posts/pfbid02fWF3iP1EioVNzn4CXxkpoSqE9HbG5y1hnjvR4wDz2kDmvyzRDSuT1mLBER53vLjDl |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en |archive-date=2022-09-05  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905161131/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsociety.levdem%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02fWF3iP1EioVNzn4CXxkpoSqE9HbG5y1hnjvR4wDz2kDmvyzRDSuT1mLBER53vLjDl |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=levsd>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-01 |title=Нет войне! Активисты участвуют в акциях протеста |url=http://levsd.ru/?p=6367 |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=Левое Социалистическое Действие |language=ru-RU |archive-date=2022-08-30  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830213215/http://levsd.ru/?p=6367 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** {{flagicon image|Flag of the Organisation of Communist Internationalists.svg}} [[Organisation of Communist Internationalists]]<ref name="auto2">{{cite news |newspaper=Официальный Сайт Марксистской Тенденции &#124; Мт |date=28 February 2022 |script-title=ru:События в Украине: классовая интернационалистская позиция |trans-title=Events in Ukraine: class internationalist position |url=https://marxist.news/longrides/vojna-v-ukraine-klassovaya-internaczionalistskaya-pozicziya/ |access-date=5 March 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305092254/https://marxist.news/longrides/vojna-v-ukraine-klassovaya-internaczionalistskaya-pozicziya/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 
*** {{flagicon image|}} [[Marxist Tendency]]<ref name="auto2"/>
** {{flagicon image|}} [[Revolutionary Workers' Party (Russia)|Revolutionary Workers' Party]]<ref>{{cite web |website=rwp.ru |date=24 February 2022 |script-title=ru:Заявление ЦК РРП: Нет войне! Главный враг — в своей стране! |trans-title=Statement of the Central Committee of the WRP: No to war! The main enemy is in your own country! |url=http://rwp.ru/2022/02/24/заявление-цк-ррп-о-военной-операции/ |access-date=5 March 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306022743/http://rwp.ru/2022/02/24/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D1%86%D0%BA-%D1%80%D1%80%D0%BF-%D0%BE-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=rwp.ru |date=25 February 2022 |script-title=ru:23 февраля в Москве|trans-title=February 23 in Moscow: no war, except class! |url=http://rwp.ru/2022/02/24/23-февраля-в-москве-никакой-войны-кроме/ |access-date=5 March 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=1 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301175103/http://rwp.ru/2022/02/24/23-%d1%84%d0%b5%d0%b2%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%bb%d1%8f-%d0%b2-%d0%bc%d0%be%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b2%d0%b5-%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%ba%d0%b0%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%b9-%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b9%d0%bd%d1%8b-%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%be%d0%bc%d0%b5/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=rwp.ru |date=25 February 2022 |script-title=ru:Член РРП арестован на 10 суток за антивоенную агитацию |trans-title=RWP member arrested for 10 days for anti-war agitation The main enemy is in your own country! |url=http://rwp.ru/2022/02/25/10-суток-за-агитацию-против-войны/ |access-date=5 March 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=27 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227060423/http://rwp.ru/2022/02/25/10-%D1%81%D1%83%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA-%D0%B7%D0%B0-%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8E-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%8B/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
** {{flagicon image|Flag of the Russian Socialist Movement.svg}} [[Russian Socialist Movement]]<ref>{{cite web |website=vk.com/rsd_rsm |date=6 March 2022 |script-title=ru:Власти хорошо подготовились к сегодняшним митингам. |trans-title=The authorities are well prepared for today's rallies |url=https://vk.com/wall-6579654_27447 |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=10 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310014811/https://vk.com/wall-6579654_27447 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** {{flagicon image|Flag of the Left Socialist Action.png}} [[Left Socialist Action]]<ref name=levsd/>
* {{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Dagestan_protesters_(2022).svg}} [[2022 North Caucasian protests|North Caucasian Protestors]]
** {{flagicon image|Flag of the Adat People's Movement.svg}} [[Adat People's Movement]]{{efn|In [[2022 North Caucasian protests|Caucasus]]}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://t.me/IADAT/14657|title=1ADAT|website=t.me|access-date=17 October 2022|archive-date=2022-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925195746/https://t.me/IADAT/14657|url-status=live}}</ref>
** {{flagicon|Circassia}} [[Circassian nationalism|Circassian nationalists]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://subscription.ukrweekly.com/2022/10/circassian-protest-plays-key-role-in-killing-putins-mobilization-program/ | title=Circassian protest plays key role in killing Putin's mobilization program – the Ukrainian Weekly | date=21 October 2022 | access-date=2023-07-02  | archive-date=2022-10-22  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022072735/https://subscription.ukrweekly.com/2022/10/circassian-protest-plays-key-role-in-killing-putins-mobilization-program/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://jamestown.org/program/circassian-protest-plays-key-role-in-killing-putins-mobilization-program/ | title=Circassian Protest Plays Key Role in Killing Putin's Mobilization Program | newspaper=Jamestown | access-date=2023-07-02  | archive-date=2023-06-30  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630223944/https://jamestown.org/program/circassian-protest-plays-key-role-in-killing-putins-mobilization-program/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
** {{flagicon image|Flag of the Ingush Liberation Army.svg}} [[Ingush Independence Committee]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.specialeurasia.com/2023/04/28/ingush-liberation-army-russia/ | title=Ingush activists created the Ingush Liberation Army | date=28 April 2023 | access-date=2023-08-12  | archive-date=2023-06-28  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628125635/https://www.specialeurasia.com/2023/04/28/ingush-liberation-army-russia/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
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* {{flagicon image|لجنة روسيا.png}} [[Anti-War Committee of Russia]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Ученые и бизнесмены создали Антивоенный комитет России для борьбы с "агрессивной диктатурой" Путина|language=ru|trans-title=Scientists and businessmen set up Russia's Anti-War Committee to fight Putin's 'aggressive dictatorship'|publisher=[[The Insider (website)|The Insider]]|url=https://theins.ru/news/248943|access-date=2022-02-28|date=2022-02-27|archive-date=2022-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227231031/https://theins.ru/news/248943|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ходорковский, Каспаров и Гуриев создали Антивоенный комитет России|trans-title=Khodorkovsky, Kasparov and Guriev created the Anti-War Committee of Russia|publisher=[[Meduza]]|url=https://meduza.io/news/2022/02/28/hodorkovskiy-kasparov-i-guriev-sozdali-antivoennyy-komitet-rossii|access-date=2022-02-28|language=ru|archive-date=2022-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228054604/https://meduza.io/news/2022/02/28/hodorkovskiy-kasparov-i-guriev-sozdali-antivoennyy-komitet-rossii|url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagicon image|Logo of the Congress of People's Deputies (Russia, 2022).png}} [[Congress of People's Deputies (Russia, 2022)|Congress of People's Deputies]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Наш дом (nashdom.us) |date=2022-11-09 |title=Оппоненты путинского режима собрались в знаковом месте Польши |url=https://nashdom.us/home/public/publikatsii/opponenty-putinskogo-rezhima-sobralis-v-znakovom-meste-polshi/ |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=Наш дом (nashdom.us) |language=ru }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|White-blue-white flag.svg}} [[Russian Action Committee]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=В Вильнюсе объявили о создании "Российского комитета действия" |url=https://www.ekhokavkaza.com/a/v-viljnyuse-prohodit-konferentsiya-rossiyskogo-antivoennogo-komiteta/31859630.html |access-date=2022-08-26 |website=Эхо Кавказа |date=20 May 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=2022-08-26  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826122554/https://www.ekhokavkaza.com/a/v-viljnyuse-prohodit-konferentsiya-rossiyskogo-antivoennogo-komiteta/31859630.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Gay Pride Flag.svg}} [[Russian LGBT Network]]<ref name="lgbtnetwork"/>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Buryatia.svg}} [[Free Buryatia Foundation]]<ref>{{cite web|date=27 April 2022|title='This War Is a Vampire': Buryat Activists Protest Ukraine Invasion|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/04/27/this-war-is-a-vampire-buryat-activists-protest-ukraine-invasion-a77469|author-last=Shcherbakova|author-first=Irina|access-date=12 July 2022|work=The Moscow Times|archive-date=2022-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707043350/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/04/27/this-war-is-a-vampire-buryat-activists-protest-ukraine-invasion-a77469|url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Circassia}} [[KAFFED]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kaffed.org/2022/12/05/rusya-ukrayna-savasi-ve-cerkesler-hakkinda/|title=Rusya – Ukrayna Savaşı ve Çerkesler Hakkında – KAFFED|access-date=2023-07-02 |archive-date=2024-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131062130/https://kaffed.org/2022/12/05/rusya-ukrayna-savasi-ve-cerkesler-hakkinda/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Kalmykia.svg}} [[Oirat-Kalmyk People's Congress]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=How the War in Ukraine Catalyzed a Re-awakening of National Identity Among Russia's Indigenous Peoples {{!}} Free Russia Foundation |url=https://www.4freerussia.org/how-the-war-in-ukraine-provoked-a-re-awakening-of-national-identity-among-russias-indigenous-peoples/,%20https://www.4freerussia.org/how-the-war-in-ukraine-provoked-a-re-awakening-of-national-identity-among-russias-indigenous-peoples/ |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=Free Russia Foundation |language=en-US }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2022-03-10 |title=Kalmyk people congress – let oligarchs and their children fight! |url=https://idel-ural.org/en/archives/kalmyk-people-congress-let-oligarchs-and-their-children-fight/ |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=Free Idel-Ural |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-03-21  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321213318/https://idel-ural.org/en/archives/kalmyk-people-congress-let-oligarchs-and-their-children-fight/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2022-10-28 |title=Конгресс ойрат-калмыцкого народа опубликовал декларацию о независимости Калмыкии |trans-title=The Oirat-Kalmyk People's Congress published a declaration on the independence of Kalmykia |url=https://www.idelreal.org/a/32104989.html |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Idel Real |language=ru |archive-date=2023-06-21  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621224621/https://www.idelreal.org/a/32104989.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria.svg}} [[Chechen Republic of Ichkeria|Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Government in Exile]]<ref>{{cite web |date=2 March 2022 |title='My MMA Gym Will Be Empty': Chechens Head to Ukraine to Fight Kadyrov |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dgjn8/chechnya-fighters-ukraine-russia-ramzan-kadyrov |author-last=Prothero |author-first=Mitchell |access-date=7 March 2022 |work=[[Vice Media]] |archive-date=2022-03-02  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302183210/https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dgjn8/chechnya-fighters-ukraine-russia-ramzan-kadyrov |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="theglobeandmail">{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-chechens-and-georgians-in-ukraine-preparing-to-continue-fight-against/|title=Chechens and Georgians in Ukraine preparing to continue fight against Putin on a new front|website=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=13 February 2022|access-date=7 March 2022|last1=MacKinnon|first1=Mark|archive-date=2022-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307145713/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-chechens-and-georgians-in-ukraine-preparing-to-continue-fight-against/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/03/jihadis-idlib-bash-chechen-leader-ramzan-kadyrov-role-ukraine-war|title=Jihadis in Idlib bash Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov for role in Ukraine war|work=[[Al-Monitor]]|date=6 March 2022|access-date=27 March 2022|archive-date=2022-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306150635/https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/03/jihadis-idlib-bash-chechen-leader-ramzan-kadyrov-role-ukraine-war|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="caucasuswatch">{{Cite web |title=Leader of unrecognised Ichkeria met with officials in Ukraine |url=https://caucasuswatch.de/news/5435.html |website=Caucasus Watch |date=30 May 2022 |access-date=18 October 2022 |archive-date=2022-10-18  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018153633/https://caucasuswatch.de/news/5435.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Chechen Fighters in Ukraine Set Sights on Homeland |url=https://jamestown.org/program/chechen-fighters-in-ukraine-set-sights-on-homeland/ |newspaper=Jamestown |access-date=25 September 2022 |archive-date=13 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913141808/https://jamestown.org/program/chechen-fighters-in-ukraine-set-sights-on-homeland/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://uacrisis.org/en/ukraine-in-flames-162|title=Chechen batallions<!--sic--> in Ukraine: Common fight against Russia|publisher=Ukraine Сrisis Media Center|date=19 August 2022|access-date=2023-01-14 |archive-date=2022-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028071852/https://uacrisis.org/en/ukraine-in-flames-162|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/10/chechen-fighters-leave-syria-battle-russians-ukraine|title=Chechen fighters leave Syria to battle Russians in Ukraine|work=[[Al-Monitor]]|first=Sultan|last=al-Kanj|date=22 October 2022|access-date=2023-01-14 |archive-date=2023-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327103829/https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/10/chechen-fighters-leave-syria-battle-russians-ukraine|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uaposition.com/latest-news/ichkeria-recognized-the-holodomor-as-genocide-of-the-ukrainian-people/|title=Ichkeria recognized the Holodomor as genocide of the Ukrainian people|date=28 November 2022|website=uaposition.com|access-date=30 January 2023|archive-date=2022-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202194151/https://uaposition.com/latest-news/ichkeria-recognized-the-holodomor-as-genocide-of-the-ukrainian-people/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991–1995, 3-2).svg}} [[Belarusian opposition]]<ref>{{cite web |date=27 February 2022 |title=Belarusians Protest Russian Invasion Of Ukraine During Vote On Constitutional Changes |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-referendum-constitutional-changes-lukashenka/31726363.html |access-date=28 February 2022 |website=RFE/RL |archive-date=4 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304225432/https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-referendum-constitutional-changes-lukashenka/31726363.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Logo of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (2022).svg}} [[Anti-Corruption Foundation]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-21 |title="Мы окажем помощь": штаб Навального призвал поджигать военкоматы из-за мобилизации в РФ |url=https://focus.ua/world/530097-my-okazhem-pomoshch-shtab-navalnogo-prizval-podzhigat-voenkomaty-iz-za-mobilizacii-v-rf |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=ФОКУС |language=ru |archive-date=2022-09-22  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922152214/https://focus.ua/world/530097-my-okazhem-pomoshch-shtab-navalnogo-prizval-podzhigat-voenkomaty-iz-za-mobilizacii-v-rf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Жечь военкоматы и готовиться к революции. Представители антипутинского подполья о жизни после мобилизации |url=https://vot-tak.tv/novosti/22-09-2022-partizani/ |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=Вот Так |language=ru |archive-date=2023-05-29  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529120220/https://vot-tak.tv/novosti/22-09-2022-partizani/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Logo of the True Russia.svg}} [[True Russia]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Антивоенный протест российской диаспоры |url=https://truerussia.org/projects/diaspora/ |access-date=2022-08-26 |website=True Russia |language=ru |archive-date=2022-09-22  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922213922/https://truerussia.org/projects/diaspora/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Logo_of_the_Free_Nations_of_Russia_Forum.svg}} [[Free Nations of Russia Forum]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Руслан Габбасов: "Идет неприкрытый лингвоцид и этноцид" |url=https://www.idelreal.org/a/31839761.html |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=RFE/RL |date=8 May 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=2022-07-28  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728213402/https://www.idelreal.org/a/31839761.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Russia of the Future logo.svg}} [[Russia of the Future]]<ref name="Navalny">{{cite web|title=Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny calls on people in Russia and Belarus to go to the main squares of their cities and protest against invasion of Ukraine |url=https://www.twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1498953364897681411?s=20&t=Z8wuj-CsJD0yI1qMTl-teA |url-status=live |website=The Spectator Index |access-date=2 March 2022 |archive-date=2022-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302092834/https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1498953364897681411}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Yabloko logo 2018.svg}} [[Yabloko]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://eng.yabloko.ru/the-yabloko-party-considers-the-war-against-ukraine-the-gravest-crime/ |title=The Yabloko party considers the war against Ukraine the gravest crime |date=24 February 2022 |access-date=28 February 2022 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226152538/https://eng.yabloko.ru/the-yabloko-party-considers-the-war-against-ukraine-the-gravest-crime/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://eng.yabloko.ru/40000-people-have-signed-yabloko-petition/ |title=40,000 people have signed Yabloko' petition |date=24 February 2022 |access-date=28 February 2022 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226122224/https://eng.yabloko.ru/40000-people-have-signed-yabloko-petition/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|PARNAS logo.svg}} [[People's Freedom Party (Russia)|People's Freedom Party]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://parnasparty.ru/news/601 |script-title=ru:ЗАЯВЛЕНИЕ ПАРНАС О ВОЙНЕ С УКРАИНОЙ |trans-title=Parnas Statement On The War With Ukraine |language=ru |access-date=28 February 2022 |archive-date=24 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224214329/https://parnasparty.ru/news/601 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Logo LPR.png}} [[Libertarian Party of Russia]]<ref>{{cite web |website=libertarian-party.ru |date=1 March 2022 |script-title=ru:Скажем "НЕТ!" войне! |trans-title=Let's say "NO!" war! |url=https://libertarian-party.ru/posts/32fa08c2-88c7-4091-98d5-236cde3f11bc |access-date=5 March 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228202201/https://libertarian-party.ru/posts/32fa08c2-88c7-4091-98d5-236cde3f11bc |url-status=live }}</ref>	
* {{flagicon image|PPRu logo2012.svg}} [[Pirate Party of Russia]]<ref>{{cite web |website=pirate-party.ru |date=24 February 2022 |title=... того, кого нельзя называть вслух, с Украиной |trans-title=The ... of the one who cannot be called aloud, with Ukraine |url=https://pirate-party.ru/vojna-putina-s-ukrainoj/ |access-date=7 March 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=4 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304040843/https://pirate-party.ru/vojna-putina-s-ukrainoj/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the 5th of December Party.png}} [[5th of December Party]]<ref>{{cite web |website=5dec.ru |date=3 March 2022 |title=НЕТ ВОЙНЕ! |trans-title=NO TO WAR! |url=https://5dec.ru/news/net-voyne-0 |access-date=3 September 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=2022-03-03  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303021558/https://5dec.ru/news/net-voyne-0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Solidarnost logo lesser.svg}} [[Solidarnost]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FRuSolidarnost%2Fposts%2F318493736982674 |title=Движение "Солидарность" |language=ru |website=Facebook |access-date=17 October 2022 |trans-title=Solidarity movement |url-access=subscription |archive-date=2023-04-07  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407104324/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FRuSolidarnost%2Fposts%2F318493736982674 |url-status=live }}</ref> 
* {{flagicon image|Logo of the Party of Growth (2020).svg}} [[Party of Growth]]<ref>{{cite web |website=rost.ru |date=1 March 2022 |script-title=ru:Елена Ульянова: Пора остановиться и договориться |trans-title=Elena Ulyanova: It's time to stop and agree |url=https://rost.ru/presscenter/posts/elena-ulyanova-pora-ostanovitsya-i-dogovoritsya/ |access-date=8 March 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308151817/https://rost.ru/presscenter/posts/elena-ulyanova-pora-ostanovitsya-i-dogovoritsya/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=rost.ru |date=1 March 2022 |script-title=ru:Ксения Безуглова: Нам всем нужен мир |trans-title=Ksenia Bezuglova: We all need peace |url=https://rost.ru/presscenter/posts/kseniya-bezuglova-nam-vsem-nuzhen-mir/ |access-date=8 March 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308235311/https://rost.ru/presscenter/posts/kseniya-bezuglova-nam-vsem-nuzhen-mir/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Гражданская инициатива Флаг партии.jpg}} [[Civic Initiative]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.grazhdan-in.ru/pages/den_pozora|title=24.02.2022. Андрей Нечаев: День позора!|website=www.grazhdan-in.ru|access-date=17 October 2022|archive-date=2022-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308174518/http://grazhdan-in.ru/pages/den_pozora/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Democratic Choice logo lesser.svg}} [[Democratic Choice (Russia, 2010)|Democratic Choice]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://demvybor.ru/declaration/2207-zayavlenie-partii-demokraticheskij-vybor-o-priznanii-narodnyx-respublik-rf.html|title=Заявление партии "Демократический выбор" о "признании народных республик" РФ »|website=demvybor.ru|access-date=17 October 2022|archive-date=2022-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406092457/https://demvybor.ru/declaration/2207-zayavlenie-partii-demokraticheskij-vybor-o-priznanii-narodnyx-respublik-rf.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Russian All-People's Union.svg}} [[Russian All-People's Union|Union of Russian Students]] (''factions'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.vk.com/wall-199538858_42630|title=Официальная позиция группы. #НЕТБРАТСКОЙВОЙНЕ &#124; Молодежное отделение РОС &#124; VK|date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407100148/https://m.vk.com/wall-199538858_42630 |access-date=17 October 2022|archive-date=7 April 2022 }}</ref> 
* {{flagicon image|}}[[Green Alternative (Russia)|Green Alternative]]<ref>{{cite web| url=https://zaecology.ru/raznoe/na-vojne-gibnut-lyudi-i-ekologiya/| title=На войне гибнут люди и экология| date=25 February 2022| access-date=2022-09-03 | archive-date=2022-09-03 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903145625/https://zaecology.ru/raznoe/na-vojne-gibnut-lyudi-i-ekologiya/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://zaecology.ru/sobytija/zelyonaya-alternativa-spasaet-zhivotnyh-iz-mariupolya/| title="Зелёная Альтернатива" спасает животных из Мариуполя| date=4 April 2022| access-date=2022-09-03 | archive-date=2022-09-03 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903145625/https://zaecology.ru/sobytija/zelyonaya-alternativa-spasaet-zhivotnyh-iz-mariupolya/| url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Anarchist flag.svg}} [[Autonomous Action]]<ref>{{cite web |website=libertarian-party.ru |date=27 February 2022 |title=The Dusk before Dawn: "Trends of order and chaos", episode 43 |url=https://avtonom.org/en/news/dusk-dawn-trends-order-and-chaos-episode-43-february-26 |access-date=5 March 2022 |archive-date=27 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227090328/https://avtonom.org/en/news/dusk-dawn-trends-order-and-chaos-episode-43-february-26 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|}}[[Socialist Alternative (Russia)|Socialist Alternative]]<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|Radio Svoboda]] |date=27 February 2022 |script-title=ru:В России заблокирован сайт "Социалистической Альтернативы" |trans-title=Website of "Socialist Alternative" blocked in Russia |url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/v-rossii-zablokirovan-sayt-sotsialisticheskoy-aljternativy/31730812.html |access-date=5 March 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=3 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303232013/https://www.svoboda.org/a/v-rossii-zablokirovan-sayt-sotsialisticheskoy-aljternativy/31730812.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://socialist.news/russia/repression/free-djavid/|script-title=ru:К стороннику Социалистической Альтернативы Джавиду Мамедову подселили в камеру "шпиона СБУ"|trans-title=An "SBU spy" was placed in the cell of Javid Mammadov, a "Socialist Alternative" supporter|access-date=2022-07-19 |archive-date=2022-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503142719/https://socialist.news/russia/repression/free-djavid/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Logo of the Russian Labour Front.svg}} [[Russian Labour Front]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://t.me/RotFront_su/6578|title=РОТ ФРОНТ Российский Трудовой Фронт (РТФ)|website=t.me|access-date=17 October 2022|archive-date=2022-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903145625/https://t.me/RotFront_su/6578|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* {{flagicon image|Left Bloc (Russia) Logo.svg}} [[Left Bloc (Russia)|Left Bloc]]<ref>{{cite web |website=leftblock.org|date=23 February 2022 |script-title=ru:Антивоенное заявление Левого блока |trans-title=Anti-war statement of the Left Bloc |url=http://leftblock.org/2900 |access-date=5 March 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=1 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301150341/http://leftblock.org/2900 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Logo of the Union of Marxists.svg}} [[Union of Marxists]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://t.me/marx_union/2872|title=Союз марксистов|website=t.me|access-date=17 October 2022|archive-date=2022-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711001244/https://t.me/marx_union/2872|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* {{flagicon image|Трудовая Россия logo.png}} [[Labour Russia]]<ref>{{cite web |website=trudross.ru |date=18 March 2022 |script-title=ru:И еще раз про исторические параллели |trans-title=And once again about historical parallels |url=https://trudross.ru/main/i-eshhe-raz-pro-istoricheskie-paralleli/ |access-date=3 September 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=2022-09-05  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905161337/https://trudross.ru/main/i-eshhe-raz-pro-istoricheskie-paralleli/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=trudross.ru |date=March 2022 |script-title=ru:Вниманию распространителей и читателей БТР |trans-title=To the attention of BTR distributors and readers |url=https://trudross.ru/news/vnimaniyu-chitatelej-btr/ |access-date=3 September 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=2022-07-19  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719101506/https://trudross.ru/news/vnimaniyu-chitatelej-btr/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the United Communist Party.svg}} [[United Communist Party]] ''(factions)''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rabkor.ru/columns/events/2022/04/08/statement_by_members_of_the_ucp_internationalists/|title=Заявление членов ОКП – интернационалистов|trans-title=Statement by members of the UCP - internationalists|date=8 April 2022|access-date=24 August 2022|language=ru|archive-date=2022-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823224425/https://rabkor.ru/columns/events/2022/04/08/statement_by_members_of_the_ucp_internationalists/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|KPRF Flag.svg}} [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation]] ''(factions)''<ref name="auto1">{{cite web | url=https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/06/10/defending-the-donbas-is-one-thing-bombing-kyiv-is-another | title='Defending the Donbas is one thing. Bombing Kyiv is another' Russia's Communist Party officially supports the war against Ukraine. But its younger members are speaking out | access-date=2022-06-11  | archive-date=2022-06-13  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613133521/https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/06/10/defending-the-donbas-is-one-thing-bombing-kyiv-is-another | url-status=live }}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|name=expelled| majority of the members with an anti-war agenda had been expelled from that party.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}}}
** {{flagicon image|ЛКСМ.jpg}} [[Leninist Komsomol of the Russian Federation]] ''(factions)''<ref name="auto">{{cite web | url=https://www.marxist.com/russia-communist-youth-expels-opponents-of-war-in-ukraine.htm | title=Russia: Communist Youth expels opponents of war in Ukraine | date=22 March 2022 | access-date=2022-06-11  | archive-date=2022-05-13  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513071632/https://www.marxist.com/russia-communist-youth-expels-opponents-of-war-in-ukraine.htm | url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Russia (1858–1883).svg}} [[Monarchism in Russia|Monarchists]]
** {{flagicon image|Imperial_Standard_of_the_Emperor_of_Russia_(1858–1917).svg}} [[House of Romanov|Russian Imperial House]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://imperialhouse.ru/rus/allnews/news/2022/2022-02-24-obrashchenie-glavy-doma-romanovykh.html|title=Российский Императорский Дом - 2022-02-24 Обращение Главы Дома Романовых|website=imperialhouse.ru|access-date=17 October 2022|archive-date=2022-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308005718/http://imperialhouse.ru/rus/allnews/news/2022/2022-02-24-obrashchenie-glavy-doma-romanovykh.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 
** {{flagicon image|Flag of Russia (1858–1883).svg}} [[Monarchist Party of Russia]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.e1.ru/text/politics/2022/09/02/71616599/|title="В отличие от Ройзмана, я давно заткнулся". Миллиардер Баков — о выборах и бизнесе в эпоху спецоперации|date=2 September 2022|website=e1.ru - новости Екатеринбурга|access-date=17 October 2022|archive-date=2022-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005134524/https://www.e1.ru/text/politics/2022/09/02/71616599/|url-status=live}}</ref>
** {{flagicon image|Imperial_Standard_of_the_Emperor_of_Russia_(1858–1917).svg}} [[Romanov Family Association]]
** {{flagicon image|Naval_ensign_of_Russia.svg}} [[Romanov Empire (micronation)]]
* {{nowrap|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Russian Decommunization.svg}} [[Decommunization (Russian political movement)|Decommunization]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://t.me/decomunization/239|title=Декоммунизация|website=t.me|access-date=17 October 2022|archive-date=2022-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904160243/https://t.me/decomunization/239|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Popular Resistance Association.svg}} [[Popular Resistance Association]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://t.me/nar_war/3120|title=Сопротивление|website=t.me|access-date=17 October 2022|archive-date=2022-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721140627/https://t.me/nar_war/3120|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Ethnic National Union.svg}} [[Ethnic National Union]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://t.me/etnosism/2500|title=ЭНО [Расформировано]|website=t.me|access-date=17 October 2022|archive-date=2022-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411154715/https://t.me/etnosism/2500|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* {{flagicon image|Flag of The Third Alternative. Right Bloc.svg}} [[Right Bloc (Russia)|Right Bloc]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vk.com/wall-187869550_2961|title=#нетвойне &#124; ПРАВЫЙ БЛОК &#124; VK|website=vk.com|access-date=17 October 2022|archive-date=2022-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725194314/https://vk.com/wall-187869550_2961|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| side1 = '''{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Government of Russia|Government]]:'''<br>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Ministry for Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (MVD of Russia).svg}} [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)|MVD]]
** {{flagicon image|Patch of the Police of Russia 2.svg}} [[Police of Russia|Politsiya]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of National Guard of the Russian Federation.svg}} [[National Guard of Russia|Rosgvardiya]]
** {{flagicon image|Patch of the OMON.svg}} [[OMON]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Russian Federal Security Service.svg}} [[Federal Security Service|FSB]]
{{Hidden begin |title=Supported by:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2022/03/18/putin-holds-massive-pro-war-rally-in-moscow/?sh=4ab7d3c02abd |title=Putin Holds Massive Pro-War Rally In Moscow |last=Reimann |first=Nicholas |date=18 March 2022 |website=[[Forbes]] |publisher= |access-date=19 March 2022 |archive-date=2022-03-19  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319042222/https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2022/03/18/putin-holds-massive-pro-war-rally-in-moscow/?sh=4ab7d3c02abd |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
*  {{flagicon image|Logotip ONF.svg}} [[All-Russia People's Front|ONF]]
** {{flagicon image|}} [[United Russia]]
*** {{flagicon image|Flag of the Young Guard of United Russia.svg}} [[Young Guard of United Russia]]<ref>{{cite web |title=#СвоихНеБросаем! |url=https://khv27.ru/projects/obshchestvennaya-palata-goroda-khabarovska/novosti/index.php/?ELEMENT_ID=120948 |website=[[Khabarovsk|City of Khabarovsk]] |access-date=12 March 2022 |date=11 March 2022 |language=ru |trans-title=#WeDon'tAbandonOurOwn! |archive-date=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316115346/https://khv27.ru/projects/obshchestvennaya-palata-goroda-khabarovska/novosti/index.php/?ELEMENT_ID=120948 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** {{flagicon image|Новые люди (партия).jpg}} [[New People (political party)|New People]]{{efn|At the start the party was anti-war but later withdrew its statement and proclaimed its support for [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|the invasion]].}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zamakhina |first1=Tatiana |title="New People" Agree that the World Cannot Solve the Problem with Ukraine |url=https://rg.ru/2022/02/24/novye-liudi-soglasny-chto-mirom-problemu-s-ukrainoj-ne-reshit.html |website=rg.ru |date=24 February 2022 |publisher=Russian Gazette |access-date=20 September 2022 |archive-date=2022-06-09  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609215758/https://rg.ru/2022/02/24/novye-liudi-soglasny-chto-mirom-problemu-s-ukrainoj-ne-reshit.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
** {{flagicon image|Флаг СРЗП.svg}} [[A Just Russia — For Truth]]<ref>{{cite web |website=spravedlivo.ru |date=3 March 2022 |script-title=ru:Махачкала: представители партии провели патриотический флешмоб в поддержку российской армии и Президента |trans-title=Makhachkala: party representatives held a patriotic flash mob in support of the Russian army and the President |url=https://spravedlivo.ru/11885410 |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=10 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310014845/https://spravedlivo.ru/11885410 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** {{flagicon image|Flag of Rodina.svg}} [[Rodina (political party)|Rodina]]<ref>{{cite web |website=rodina.ru |date=28 February 2022 |script-title=ru:Журавлев: Некоторые "деятели культуры" встали на путь измены Родине! |trans-title=Zhuravlev: Some "cultural figures" have embarked on the path of treason! |url=https://rodina.ru/novosti/ZHuravlev-Nekotorye-deyateli-kultury-vstali-na-put-izmeny-Rodine |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228143223/https://rodina.ru/novosti/ZHuravlev-Nekotorye-deyateli-kultury-vstali-na-put-izmeny-Rodine |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=rodina.ru |date=28 February 2022 |script-title=ru:Алексей Журавлев: Ныть про санкции и паниковать — предательство |trans-title=Alexey Zhuravlev: Whining about sanctions and panicking is a betrayal |url=https://rodina.ru/novosti/Aleksej-ZHuravlev-Nyt-pro-sankcii-i-panikovat-predatelstvo |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228143525/https://rodina.ru/novosti/Aleksej-ZHuravlev-Nyt-pro-sankcii-i-panikovat-predatelstvo |url-status=live }}</ref>
** {{flagicon image|Flag of the National Liberation Movement (Russia).svg}} [[National Liberation Movement (Russia)|National Liberation Movement]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rusnod.ru/novosti/v-rossii/natsionalnyy-lider/2022/02/24/natsionalnyy-lider_89632.html | title=Президент РФ Владимир Путин заявил, что принял решение о проведении специальной военной операции в связи с ситуацией в Донбассе | access-date=2022-08-28  | archive-date=2022-08-28  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828113422/https://www.rusnod.ru/novosti/v-rossii/natsionalnyy-lider/2022/02/24/natsionalnyy-lider_89632.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Партия Гражданская платформа.PNG}} [[Civic Platform (Russia)|Civic Platform]]<ref>{{cite web |website=праваяпартия.рф |date=2 March 2022 |script-title=ru:Общественная палата: "Военные преступления украинских националистов: остановить, рассказать правду, предать правосудию" |trans-title=Public Chamber: "War crimes of Ukrainian nationalists: stop, tell the truth, bring to justice" |access-date=14 March 2022 <!-- Original: |url=http://праваяпартия.рф/4685 converted version using Latin script: --> |url=http://xn--80aaag6azbdefu3lf.xn--p1ai/4685|language=ru |archive-date=10 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310014836/http://xn--80aaag6azbdefu3lf.xn--p1ai/4685 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Party of Peace and Unity]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vk.com/saji_umalatova?w=wall167291003_72861 | title=Нам пишут. Похоже, что операция "Денацификация" войдет в историю военного искусства. Первые итоги. | access-date=2022-09-03  | archive-date=2022-09-05  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905161519/https://vk.com/saji_umalatova?w=wall167291003_72861 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pensioner.party/v-ekaterinburge-proshel-piket-v-podderzhku-dnr-i-lnr.html | title=В Екатеринбурге прошел пикет в поддержку ДНР и ЛНР | access-date=2022-09-03  | archive-date=2022-09-03  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903145632/https://pensioner.party/v-ekaterinburge-proshel-piket-v-podderzhku-dnr-i-lnr.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://partygreen.ru/press/news/zelyenye-v-cheboksarakh-proveli-avtoprobeg-v-podderzhku-spetsoperatsii-na-ukraine/ | title="Зелёные" в Чебоксарах провели автопробег в поддержку спецоперации на Украине | access-date=2022-09-03  | archive-date=2022-09-03  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903145623/https://partygreen.ru/press/news/zelyenye-v-cheboksarakh-proveli-avtoprobeg-v-podderzhku-spetsoperatsii-na-ukraine/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Young Army.svg}} [[Young Army Cadets National Movement|Young Army]]<ref>{{cite web| url=https://yunarmy.ru/press-center/news/gde-smelost-tam-pobeda/| title=Где смелость — там победа| date=11 July 2023| access-date=2022-09-03 | archive-date=2022-09-03 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903145623/https://yunarmy.ru/press-center/news/gde-smelost-tam-pobeda/| url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|}} [[Anti-Maidan (Russia)|Anti-Maidan]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://antimaidan.ru/news/19995 | title=Шило в мешке. Западная пропаганда невольно обличает нацизм на Украине | access-date=2022-09-03  | archive-date=2022-09-03  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903145624/https://antimaidan.ru/news/19995 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Essence of Time.svg}} [[Essence of Time]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://eot.su/node/23623 | title=Кургинян: Что мы должны сделать для победы? — проблемы операции ВС РФ на Украине &#124; Суть времени | access-date=2022-08-28  | archive-date=2022-08-28  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828155457/https://eot.su/node/23623 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of SERB.svg}} [[SERB]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vk.com/serb_ru?w=wall-114297047_96544 | title=Россия берется всерьез за Украину. | access-date=2022-09-03  | archive-date=2022-09-05  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905161518/https://vk.com/serb_ru?w=wall-114297047_96544 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|}} [[The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov]]<ref>{{cite web |website=drugoros.ru |date=23 February 2022 |script-title=ru:Хохлы, go home! |trans-title=[[Oseledets|Khokhols]], go home! |url=https://drugoros.ru/novosti/xqpbvkzw |access-date=8 March 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308210231/https://drugoros.ru/novosti/xqpbvkzw |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=drugoros.ru |date=25 February 2022 |script-title=ru:Моя страна - агрессор? |trans-title=My country is the aggressor? |url=https://drugoros.ru/stati/moia-strana-agressor |access-date=3 September 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=2022-03-29  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329095310/https://drugoros.ru/stati/moia-strana-agressor |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Eurasian Youth Union.svg}} [[Eurasia Party]]
** {{flagicon image|Flag of the Eurasian Youth Union.svg}} [[Eurasian Youth Union]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vk.com/rossia3?w=wall-23755719_37820 | title=Важно снова и снова повторять: военная операция направлена против атлантизма и глобализма, против однополярного мира. | access-date=2022-09-03  | archive-date=2022-09-05  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905170851/https://vk.com/rossia3?w=wall-23755719_37820 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|KPRF Flag.svg}} [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation]]<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ru:Зюганов обратился к украинцам с призывом выгнать засевшую в Киеве свору |trans-title=Zyuganov appealed to the Ukrainians with a call to expel the pack settled in Kyiv|website=ria.ru |url=https://ria.ru/amp/20220224/svora-1774774682.html |access-date= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306110214/https://ria.ru/amp/20220224/svora-1774774682.html |archive-date=6 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ru:США и Евросоюз берут курс на реабилитацию фашизма |trans-title=The US and the EU are heading for the rehabilitation of fascism |language=ru |date=2022-03-04 |website=kprf.ru |url=https://kprf.ru/party-live/cknews/208963.html |access-date=7 March 2022 |url-status=live |archive-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307201905/https://kprf.ru/party-live/cknews/208963.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ru:Г.А. Зюганов: Нет фашизму на нашей земле! |trans-title=G.A. Zyuganov: No to fascism on our land! |language=ru |date=2022-03-04 |website=kprf.ru |url=https://kprf.ru/party-live/cknews/208964.html |access-date=7 March 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307201917/https://kprf.ru/party-live/cknews/208964.html |archive-date=7 March 2022}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Communists of Russia.svg}} [[Communists of Russia]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://komros.info/News/news_16619.html | title=Депутаты-коммунисты дали оценку событиям в ДНР и ЛНР | access-date=2022-09-03  | archive-date=2022-09-03  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903145623/https://komros.info/News/news_16619.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of For a New Socialism.svg}} [[For a New Socialism]]<ref>{{cite web |website=ew-socialism.org |date=7 March 2022 |script-title=ru:Новосибирск в поддержку РОССИЙСКОЙ АРМИИ!!! |trans-title=Novosibirsk in support of the RUSSIAN ARMY!!! |url=https://new-socialism.org/news/novosibirsk-v-podderzhku-rossijskoj-armii/ |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=10 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310014835/https://new-socialism.org/news/novosibirsk-v-podderzhku-rossijskoj-armii/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Left Front.svg}} [[Left Front (Russia)|Left Front]]<ref>{{cite web |website=leftfront.org |date=28 February 2022 |script-title=ru:Демонтаж капитализма — лучший способ прекратить войну! Заявление Левого Фронта в связи с событиями на Украине |trans-title=The dismantling of capitalism is the best way to end the war! Statement of the Left Front concerning the events in Ukraine |url=https://www.leftfront.org/?p=39278 |access-date=5 March 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=2022-07-18  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718231226/https://www.leftfront.org/?p=39278 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=Twitter.com |date=23 February 2022 |title=Picketing by Left Front members blaming Oligarchs and Capitalism in both countries for the war |url=https://twitter.com/s_udaltsov/status/1499367581764964357 |access-date=8 March 2022 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308184323/https://twitter.com/s_udaltsov/status/1499367581764964357 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.svg}} [[Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rkrp-rpk.ru/2022/03/22/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2-%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B0-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD/ |title=Конференция в поддержку борьбы против фашизма на Украине |access-date=2022-09-07  |archive-date=2022-11-19  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119212133/https://rkrp-rpk.ru/2022/03/22/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2-%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B0-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{efn|At the start the party was anti-war<ref>{{cite web |website=rkrp-rpk.ru |date=24 February 2022 |script-title=ru:Нет фашизму, нет империалистической войне! |trans-title=No to fascism, no to imperialist war! |url=https://rkrp-rpk.ru/2022/02/24/нет-фашизму-нет-империалистической-в/ |access-date=5 March 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=2 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302184906/https://rkrp-rpk.ru/2022/02/24/%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82-%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC%D1%83-%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82-%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D0%B2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> but later withdrew its statement and positively assessed Russia's actions as a fight against fascism and protection of the people of Donbass.<ref>{{cite web |website=rkrp-rpk.ru |date=31 March 2022 |script-title=ru:Постановление Пленума ЦК РКРП-КПСС |trans-title=Resolution of the Plenum of the Central Committee of the RCWP-CPSU |url=https://rkrp-rpk.ru/2022/03/31/постановление-пленума-цк-ркрп-кпсс-7/ |access-date=31 March 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=31 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331194141/https://rkrp-rpk.ru/2022/03/31/постановление-пленума-цк-ркрп-кпсс-7/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the United Communist Party.svg}} [[United Communist Party]]<ref>{{cite web |website=ucp.su |date=7 March 2022 |script-title=ru:Новосибирск в поддержку РОССИЙСКОЙ АРМИИ!!! |trans-title=Statement of the VIIth Plenum of the Central Committee of the United Communist Party "On the SITUATION IN UKRAINE" |url=http://ucp.su/category/materialy-sezdov/1636-zayavlenie-vii-go-plenuma-ck-obedinennoj-kommunist/ |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=10 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310014835/https://new-socialism.org/news/novosibirsk-v-podderzhku-rossijskoj-armii/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the LDPR (Current version).svg}} [[Liberal Democratic Party of Russia]]<ref>{{cite web|newspaper=[[RBK Group|RBK]] |date=11 February 2022 |script-title=ru:Депутаты ЛДПР предложили отправлять в Донбасс задержанных на митингах|trans-title=LDPR deputies proposed to send detainees at rallies to Donbass |url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/03/03/2022/6220d4a89a7947b462349f92 |access-date=4 March 2022 |language=ru}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Russian All-People's Union.svg}} [[Russian All-People's Union]]<ref>{{cite web| url=https://rospartya.ru/obrashhenie-rossijskogo-obshhenarodnogo-sojuza-k-prezidentu-rf-5-aprelja-2022-g/| title=Обращение РОССИЙСКОГО ОБЩЕНАРОДНОГО СОЮЗА к Президенту РФ 5 апреля 2022 г.| date=5 April 2022| access-date=2022-09-03 | archive-date=2022-09-03 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903152639/https://rospartya.ru/obrashhenie-rossijskogo-obshhenarodnogo-sojuza-k-prezidentu-rf-5-aprelja-2022-g/| url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Great Russia.svg}} [[Great Russia (political party)|Great Russia]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://velikoross.org/3070392-opravdanie-medlitelnosti-putina.html | title=Оправдание медлительности Путина | access-date=2022-09-03  | archive-date=2022-09-05  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905161343/https://velikoross.org/3070392-opravdanie-medlitelnosti-putina.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
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{{Campaignbox Russo-Ukrainian War}}

Following the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] on 24 February 2022, [[anti-war]] demonstrations and protests broke out across Russia.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Arik |last=Burakovsky |title=Putin's Invasion of Ukraine Has Sparked Antiwar Protests in Russia. They Could Be His Undoing |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=3 March 2022 |url=https://time.com/6154240/russia-protests-war-ukraine-putin/ |access-date=4 March 2022 |archive-date=3 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303192550/https://time.com/6154240/russia-protests-war-ukraine-putin/ |url-status=live }}</ref> As well as the demonstrations, a number of petitions and open letters have been penned in opposition to the war, and a number of public figures, both cultural and political, have released statements against the war.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://zona.media/article/2022/02/27/vse |script-title=ru:Кто против войны. Все открытые письма с призывами остановить вторжение в Украину |trans-title=Who is against the war. All open letters with calls to stop the invasion of Ukraine |website=Zona.media |publisher=[[Mediazona]] |language=ru |date=27 February 2022 |access-date=8 March 2022 |archive-date=27 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227214204/https://zona.media/article/2022/02/27/vse |url-status=live }}</ref>

The protests have been met with widespread repression by the Russian authorities. According to [[OVD-Info]], at least 14,906 people were detained from 24 February to 13 March.<ref name="ovdinfo-report">{{cite web |url=https://reports.ovdinfo.org/no-to-war |script-title=ru:Нет войне – Как российские власти борются с антивоенными протестами |trans-title=No to war – How Russian authorities are fighting anti-war protests |language=ru |website=[[OVD-Info]] |access-date=28 March 2022 |archive-date=2022-03-22  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322235354/https://reports.ovdinfo.org/no-to-war |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Shevchenko |first=Vitaly |date=15 March 2022 |title=Ukraine war: Protester exposes cracks in Kremlin's war message |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60749064 |access-date=15 March 2022 |archive-date=15 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315140128/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60749064 |url-status=live }}</ref> Human rights organisations and reporters have raised concerns of police brutality during arrests and OVD-Info reported several cases of protestors being tortured under detention. The government has also moved to crack down on other forms of opposition to the war, including introducing widespread censorship measures. Other individuals who signed anti-war petitions have faced reprisals.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Russia: Brutal Arrests and Torture, Ill-Treatment of Anti-War Protesters - Russian Federation |language=en |work=ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/russian-federation/russia-brutal-arrests-and-torture-ill-treatment-anti-war-protesters |access-date=2022-08-23 |archive-date=2022-08-22  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822211114/https://reliefweb.int/report/russian-federation/russia-brutal-arrests-and-torture-ill-treatment-anti-war-protesters |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Economist">{{Cite news |title=More than 15,000 Russians have been arrested in anti-war protests |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/03/22/more-than-15000-russians-have-been-arrested-in-anti-war-protests |date=2022-03-22 |access-date=2022-09-26 |issn=0013-0613 |archive-date=2022-09-22  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922073953/https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/03/22/more-than-15000-russians-have-been-arrested-in-anti-war-protests |url-status=live }}</ref> After Putin announced a [[2022 Russian mobilization|partial mobilization]] of Russia's military reserves on 21 September, over 2,000 people were detained in mass street protests in the following days.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63028586|title=Ukraine war: Protests in Russia's Dagestan region against new draft|website=[[BBC News]]|date=27 September 2022|access-date=2022-10-03 |archive-date=2022-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001201831/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63028586|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Street protests==
===February===
[[File:Protests against war in Ukraine in Moscow (24 February 2022) 2.jpg|thumb|left|Protest against the invasion of Ukraine (Moscow, 24 February 2022)]]
[[File:Arrests at an anti-war protest in Moscow (24 February 2022, Tverskaya street).jpg|thumb|Arrests at an anti-war protest in Moscow (24 February 2022, Tverskaya street)]]
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".<ref>{{cite web |title=Moscow Warns Russians Against Staging Anti-War Protests |website=[[Voice of America]] |date=24 February 2022 |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/moscow-warns-russians-against-staging-anti-war-protests/6457294.html |access-date=24 February 2022 |archive-date=25 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225034434/https://www.voanews.com/a/moscow-warns-russians-against-staging-anti-war-protests/6457294.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=24 February 2022 |title=Nicola Sturgeon praises Russians' courage as anti-war protests erupt in Moscow |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)]] |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/19950978.nicola-sturgeon-praises-russians-courage-anti-war-protests-erupt-moscow/ |url-status=live |access-date=24 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225034443/https://www.thenational.scot/news/19950978.nicola-sturgeon-praises-russians-courage-anti-war-protests-erupt-moscow/ |archive-date=25 February 2022 |author-first=Xander |author-last=Richards}}</ref> The opposition activist [[Marina Litvinovich]] called on [[Instagram]] for street protests on the evening of 24 February<ref name="Fortune"/> but was detained by police as she left her house.<ref>{{cite news |title=Russia detains opposition activist who called for anti-war protests in Moscow |date=24 February 2022 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-detains-opposition-activist-who-called-anti-war-protests-moscow-2022-02-24/ |access-date=24 February 2022 |archive-date=25 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225034513/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-detains-opposition-activist-who-called-anti-war-protests-moscow-2022-02-24/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |author-first=Pjotr |author-last=Sauer |author-first2=Andrew |author-last2=Roth |title=Thousands join anti-war protests in Russia after Ukraine invasion |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=24 February 2022 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/24/we-dont-want-this-russians-react-to-the-ukraine-invasion |access-date=24 February 2022 |archive-date=24 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224144411/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/24/we-dont-want-this-russians-react-to-the-ukraine-invasion |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=In Russia, police arrest thousands participating in 'anti-war' protests, threaten with 'legal repercussions' |website=WION |date=25 February 2022 |url=https://www.wionews.com/world/in-russia-police-arrest-thousands-participating-in-anti-war-protests-threaten-with-legal-repercussions-456259 |access-date=25 February 2022 |archive-date=25 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225042250/https://www.wionews.com/world/in-russia-police-arrest-thousands-participating-in-anti-war-protests-threaten-with-legal-repercussions-456259 |url-status=live }}</ref> Hundreds demonstrated in [[Yekaterinburg]],<ref name="Sky">{{cite web |author-first=Siba |author-last=Jackson |title=Ukraine: Police arrest more than 1,700 anti-war protesters in Russia as anger erupts over invasion |website=[[Sky News]] |date=24 February 2022 |url=https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-police-arrest-more-than-1-700-anti-war-protesters-in-russia-as-anger-erupts-over-invasion-12550653 |access-date=24 February 2022 |archive-date=24 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224225314/https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-police-arrest-more-than-1-700-anti-war-protesters-in-russia-as-anger-erupts-over-invasion-12550653 |url-status=live }}</ref> and there were also demonstrations in [[Chelyabinsk]], [[Nizhny Novgorod]], [[Novosibirsk]] and [[Perm, Russia|Perm]], including other cities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Russia-Ukraine: Mapping anti-war protests around the world |website=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] |date=25 February 2022 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/25/russia-ukraine-mapping-anti-war-protests-around-the-world |access-date=25 February 2022 |archive-date=25 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225144043/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/25/russia-ukraine-mapping-anti-war-protests-around-the-world |url-status=live }}</ref> By the end of the evening of the day of the invasion, according to the [[OVD-Info]] monitor, there had been 1,820 arrests in 58 cities, of which 1,002 were carried out in Moscow.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2022/02/25/net-voyne-itogi-akcii-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-24-fevralya |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220227/https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2022/02/25/net-voyne-itogi-akcii-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-24-fevralya |archive-date=27 February 2022 |script-title=ru:"Нет войне": итоги акции против войны с Украиной 24 февраля |trans-title="No to war": the results of the action against the war with Ukraine on February 24 |language=ru |website=[[OVD-Info]] |access-date=27 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Dasha |last=Litvinova |title=Protests in Russia resume as government seeks to quash antiwar voices |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=25 February 2022 |url=https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-02-25/protests-resume-as-russia-seeks-to-quash-invasion-critics |access-date=26 February 2022 |archive-date=25 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225225422/https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-02-25/protests-resume-as-russia-seeks-to-quash-invasion-critics |url-status=live }}</ref> Russia's interior ministry justified these arrests with "coronavirus restrictions, including on public events".<ref>{{cite web |date=24 February 2022 |title=Alec Luhn |url=https://twitter.com/asluhn/status/1496869020372398080 |access-date=25 February 2022 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226130731/https://twitter.com/asluhn/status/1496869020372398080?s=21 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On the following day, 25 February, further protests had continued in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and other cities. In Saint Petersburg several hundred people gathered in the city center, chanting [[#"No to war!"|'No to war!']] OVD-Info reported 437 detentions in 26 Russian cities on that day, including 226 in Moscow and 130 in Saint Petersburg.<ref>{{cite news |author-first=Dasha |author-last=Litvinova |title=Russia arrests hundreds of protesters as anti-war demonstrations grow |newspaper=[[Portland Press Herald]] |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2022/02/25/russian-authorities-arrest-hundreds-of-protesters-as-anti-war-demonstrations-grow/ |access-date=25 February 2022 |archive-date=2022-02-25  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225210107/https://l/www.pressherald.com/2022/02/25/russian-authorities-arrest-hundreds-of-protesters-as-anti-war-demonstrations-grow/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 26 February, some Russian protestors chose to reduce the chances of arrest by staging single-person protests in Moscow and other city squares. Others gathered in small groups to move more nimbly around the streets.<ref name="Kim">{{cite web |last=Kim |first=Lisa |title=Russian Police Detain Over 3,000 Anti-War Protesters, Human Rights Organization Says |website=[[Forbes]] |date=26 February 2022 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisakim/2022/02/26/russian-police-detain-over-3000-anti-war-protesters-human-rights-organization-says/ |access-date=26 February 2022 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226204858/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisakim/2022/02/26/russian-police-detain-over-3000-anti-war-protesters-human-rights-organization-says/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In Yekaterinburg, hundreds gathered, shouting 'No to war!'.<ref>{{cite web |title='Burning With Shame': Russian Anti-War Protesters Rally In Yekaterinburg |website=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |date=26 February 2022 |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/yekaterinburg-protest-russia-invasion/31725152.html |access-date=1 March 2022 |archive-date=1 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301032524/https://www.rferl.org/a/yekaterinburg-protest-russia-invasion/31725152.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Throughout the day at least 469 people were arrested in 34 cities, of which around half in Moscow, bringing the total number of arrests to over 3,000.<ref name="Kim"/>

Protests continued on 27 February.<ref>{{cite news |title=Russians hold anti-war rallies amid ominous threats by Putin |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=27 February 2022 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ukraine-siberia-vladimir-putin-moscow-kremlin-b2024389.html |access-date=27 February 2022 |archive-date=27 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227143848/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ukraine-siberia-vladimir-putin-moscow-kremlin-b2024389.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The protests coincided with the seventh anniversary of the murder of the opposition politician [[Boris Nemtsov]], and arrests took place at an improvised memorial outside the [[Kremlin]] where Nemtsov was shot.<ref name="Reuters0227">{{cite web |title=Police detain more than 900 people at anti-war protests across Russia – monitoring group |website=[[Reuters]] |date=27 February 2022 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/police-detain-more-than-900-people-anti-war-protests-across-russia-monitoring-2022-02-27/ |access-date=27 February 2022 |archive-date=27 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227160345/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/police-detain-more-than-900-people-anti-war-protests-across-russia-monitoring-2022-02-27/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Around 1,000 people gathered for a spontaneous anti-war rally near [[Great Gostiny Dvor]] in Saint Petersburg.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ru:Сотни петербуржцев снова вышли на антивоенную акцию у Гостиного двора. Задержания не заставили себя ждать |trans-title=Hundreds of Petersburgers again took to the anti-war rally near Gostiny Dvor. The arrests were not long in coming |website=Fontanka |date=27 February 2022 |language=ru |url=https://www.fontanka.ru/2022/02/27/70474160/ |access-date=27 February 2022 |archive-date=27 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227140225/https://www.fontanka.ru/2022/02/27/70474160/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to OVD-Info, by early Sunday evening, police had detained at least 900 Russians in 44 cities, bringing the total number of arrests to over 4,000 since the war had begun.<ref name="Reuters0227"/> By the end of the day, that number had grown to around 2,710 arrests (at least 5,844 in total since the beginning of the war), including at least 1,269 arrests in Moscow and 1,034 in Saint Petersburg.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ru:Списки задержанных в связи с акциями против войны с Украиной 27 февраля 2022 года |trans-title=Lists of detainees in connection with actions against the war with Ukraine on February 27, 2022 |url=https://ovd.news/news/2022/02/27/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-27-fevralya-2022 |access-date=28 February 2022 |website=ОВД-News |language=ru |archive-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228023908/https://ovd.news/news/2022/02/27/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-27-fevralya-2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> Members of the [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation]],<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ru:Дмитрий Новиков: "России и Украине нужен прочный мир" |trans-title=Dmitry Novikov: "Russia and Ukraine need a lasting peace" |url=https://kprf.ru/party-live/cknews/208861.html |access-date=28 February 2022 |website=kprf.ru |language=ru |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305094010/https://kprf.ru/party-live/cknews/208861.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |script-title=ru:Народ Украины не должен быть жертвой мирового капитала и олигархических кланов. Заявление Президиума ЦК КПРФ |trans-title=The people of Ukraine should not be a victim of world capital and oligarchic clans. Statement of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation |url=https://kprf.ru/party-live/cknews/208821.html |access-date=28 February 2022 |website=kprf.ru |language=ru |archive-date=25 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225034338/https://kprf.ru/party-live/cknews/208821.html |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[People's Freedom Party (Russia)|People's Freedom Party]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Заявление ПАРНАС о войне с Украиной |trans-title=PARNAS statement on the war with Ukraine |url=http://parnasparty.ru/news/601 |access-date=28 February 2022 |website=parnasparty.ru |archive-date=24 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224214329/https://parnasparty.ru/news/601 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Yabloko]], spoke out against the invasion.<ref>{{cite web |last=Yavlinsky |first=Grigory |date=24 February 2022 |title=The Yabloko party considers the war against Ukraine the gravest crime |url=https://eng.yabloko.ru/the-yabloko-party-considers-the-war-against-ukraine-the-gravest-crime/ |access-date=28 February 2022 |website=yabloko.ru |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226152538/https://eng.yabloko.ru/the-yabloko-party-considers-the-war-against-ukraine-the-gravest-crime/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |last=Yavlinsky |first=Grigory |date=24 February 2022 |title=40,000 people have signed Yabloko' petition |url=https://eng.yabloko.ru/40000-people-have-signed-yabloko-petition/ |access-date=28 February 2022 |website=yabloko.ru |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226122224/https://eng.yabloko.ru/40000-people-have-signed-yabloko-petition/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On the same day, a van with markings that read "People, wake up!", "This is war", "Putin is scum!" in Russian crashed and caught fire in [[Pushkinskaya Square]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Van with captions 'People, wake up!', 'This is war', 'Putin is scum!' ... |url=https://twitter.com/liveuamap/status/1498075682475229187 |access-date=28 February 2022 |website=Twitter |archive-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228003330/https://twitter.com/Liveuamap/status/1498075682475229187 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=On February 27, on Pushkin Square in Moscow, a car with the lyrics &quot;people,... – 91434f34 |url=https://controlc.com/91434f34 |access-date=28 February 2022 |website=controlc.com |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305082207/https://controlc.com/91434f34 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===March===
[[File:No war 20220305 100311 best view.jpg|thumb|left|The inscription on the snow "NO TO WAR", [[Petrozavodsk]], 5 March.]]

On 1 March, reports and photographs appeared in social media, also republished and confirmed by ''[[Novaya Gazeta]]'', showing primary school children behind bars, arrested by police in Moscow for laying flowers at the Ukrainian embassy and holding signs saying the repeated "No to war".<ref>{{cite news |last=Gatehouse |first=Gabriel |title=Russian primary school children detained for anti-war protest |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60582327?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=621f74ee980bea49f4b7ac17%26Russian%20primary%20school%20children%20detained%20for%20anti-war%20protest%262022-03-02T14%3A38%3A02.474Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:0fd480dd-93a7-474a-a7cc-5b45a7c7baa8&pinned_post_asset_id=621f74ee980bea49f4b7ac17&pinned_post_type=share |access-date=2 March 2022 |agency=BBC News |date=2 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305094011/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60582327?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=621f74ee980bea49f4b7ac17%26Russian+primary+school+children+detained+for+anti-war+protest%262022-03-02T14%3A38%3A02.474Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn%3Aasset%3A0fd480dd-93a7-474a-a7cc-5b45a7c7baa8&pinned_post_asset_id=621f74ee980bea49f4b7ac17&pinned_post_type=share |archive-date=5 March 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> A special detention center set up in Yekaterinburg ran out of room for prisoners arrested from protests.<ref>{{cite web |title=В спецприемнике Екатеринбурга, где размещают арестованных за митинги, закончились места |trans-title=In the special detention center in Yekaterinburg, where those arrested for rallies are held, there are no more places |url=https://www.znak.com/2022-03-01/v_specpriemnike_ekaterinburga_gde_razmechayut_arestovannyh_za_mitingi_zakonchilis_mesta |access-date=2 March 2022 |website=www.znak.com |archive-date=1 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301121830/https://www.znak.com/2022-03-01/v_specpriemnike_ekaterinburga_gde_razmechayut_arestovannyh_za_mitingi_zakonchilis_mesta |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 2 March, the artist [[Yelena Osipova (Russian activist)|Yelena Osipova]], aged 77 and born to survivors of the [[Siege of Leningrad]], was among those arrested at an anti-war protest in Saint Petersburg. Videos of her arrest were widely shared on social media platforms Twitter and [[Reddit]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Stuti |last=Mishra |title=Russian activist, 77, who survived Nazi Germany siege is arrested at protest against Ukraine invasion |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=3 March 2022 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-elderly-woman-anti-war-protest-b2027436.html |access-date=3 March 2022 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305094055/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-elderly-woman-anti-war-protest-b2027436.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Police action against the protesters continued on the following day.<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1499558371141332998|user=AFP|title=Police officers detain protesters in central Moscow demonstrating against Russia's invasion of Ukraine on March 3}}</ref>

On 4 March, the activist [[Yulia Galyamina]] was detained and held in custody pending trial, charged with violating the law on public events by trying to organise an anti-war protest.<ref>{{cite web |title=Russian Activist Charged Over Anti-War Actions |website=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |date=4 March 2022 |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-galyamina-arrest-protest/31736732.html |access-date=5 March 2022 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305094058/https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-galyamina-arrest-protest/31736732.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 5 March, ahead of protests planned for 6 March, police raided, searched and detained hundreds of Russian journalists, politicians and activists.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ru:В России идут облавы на активистов |trans-title=Activists are rounded up in Russia |language=ru |website=Activatica |date=5 March 2022 |url=https://activatica.org/content/b86b6822-39eb-4d30-957f-b3d2344b0915/v-peterburge-i-vladimire-obyski-u-aktivistov-i-pravozashitnikov |access-date=5 March 2022 |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306022005/https://activatica.org/content/b86b6822-39eb-4d30-957f-b3d2344b0915/v-peterburge-i-vladimire-obyski-u-aktivistov-i-pravozashitnikov |url-status=live |title=Activatica }}</ref>

On 6 March, there were protests in at least 60 cities,<ref name="TheHindu">{{cite news |title=Russia arrests over 5,000 in single day for protesting Ukraine war |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=7 March 2022 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/russia-arrests-over-5000-in-single-day-for-protesting-ukraine-war/article65201756.ece |access-date=7 March 2022 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308085257/https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/russia-arrests-over-5000-in-single-day-for-protesting-ukraine-war/article65201756.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> including [[Vladivostok]], [[Irkutsk]] and [[Khabarovsk]].<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ru:Антивоенные митинги по всей России |trans-title=Anti-war rallies across Russia |language=ru |date=6 March 2022 |url=https://zona.media/online/2022/03/06/nowar |access-date=6 March 2022 |archive-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307190724/https://zona.media/online/2022/03/06/nowar |url-status=live }}</ref> OVD-Info reported over 5,000 arrests throughout the day.<ref name="TheHindu"/> The Russian interior ministry reported over 3,500 detentions.<ref>{{cite web |title=More than 3,500 detained at anti-war protests in Russia |website=[[Reuters]] |date=6 March 2022 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/more-than-64-people-detained-anti-war-protests-russia-protest-monitor-2022-03-06/ |access-date=6 March 2022 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309040355/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/more-than-64-people-detained-anti-war-protests-russia-protest-monitor-2022-03-06/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A video showing [[Kemerovo Oblast]] governor [[Sergey Tsivilyov]] attempting to justify the invasion to protestors that day went viral.<ref>{{cite web |date=7 March 2022 |title=Russian Citizens Confront Official Over Ukraine Invasion in Sign of Domestic Cracks |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/07/russian-citizens-confront-official-over-ukraine-invasion-in-sign-of-domestic-cracks-a76805 |access-date=7 March 2022 |work=[[The Moscow Times]] |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309091104/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/07/russian-citizens-confront-official-over-ukraine-invasion-in-sign-of-domestic-cracks-a76805 |url-status=live }}</ref> The total number of arrests reached 13,000 overall on 6 March.<ref>{{cite news |last=Weber |first=Peter |title=Human rights group: At least 4,640 anti-war protesters arrested Sunday in Russia |url=https://theweek.com/kamala-harris/1010981/armed-intruder-arrested-at-joint-base-andrews-as-vice-president-departs-while |work=[[The Week]] |date=7 March 2022 |access-date=2022-04-08  |archive-date=2022-05-04  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504042047/https://theweek.com/kamala-harris/1010981/armed-intruder-arrested-at-joint-base-andrews-as-vice-president-departs-while |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 8 March, [[International Women's Day]], the [[Feminist Anti-War Resistance]] group reported that women laid flowers at [[Great Patriotic War|war]] monuments across 94 Russian and international cities,<ref name="TheMoscowTimes">{{cite news |title=Russian Feminists Stage Anti-War Protests in 100 Cities |newspaper=[[The Moscow Times]] |date=9 March 2022 |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/09/russian-feminists-stage-anti-war-protests-in-100-cities-a76832 |access-date=9 March 2022 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309090400/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/09/russian-feminists-stage-anti-war-protests-in-100-cities-a76832 |url-status=live }}</ref> including Saint Petersburg, Moscow, [[Vladivostok]], Yekaterinburg, [[Novosibirsk]], [[Krasnoyarsk]], [[Kanash]], [[Yaroslavl]], [[Syktyvkar]], [[Smolensk]], [[Luga, Leningrad Oblast|Luga]], [[Lytkarino]], [[Izhevsk]], [[Volgograd]], [[Irkutsk]], [[Nizhny Novgorod]], [[Ufa]], [[Omsk]], [[Mytishchi]], [[Gelendzhik]], [[Perm, Russia|Perm]], [[Kazan]], [[Zelenograd]], [[Balashov (town)|Balashov]], [[Saratov]], [[Biysk]], [[Khimki]], [[Chelyabinsk]], [[Krasnodar]], [[Novovoronezh]], [[Vologda]], [[Korolyov, Moscow Oblast|Korolev]], [[Troitsk, Moscow|Troitsk]], [[Serpukhov]], [[Vladimir, Russia|Vladimir]], [[Revda, Sverdlovsk Oblast|Revda]], [[Tolyatti]], [[Kaliningrad]], [[Naberezhnye Chelny]], [[Volgodonsk]], [[Ramenskoye, Moscow Oblast|Ramenskoye]], [[Samara]], Leninavan farm, [[Stavropol]], [[Arkhangelsk]], [[Yoshkar-Ola]], [[Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast|Krasnogorsk]] , [[Novokuibyshevsk]], [[Zheleznovodsk]], [[Murom]], [[Snegiri]], [[Nakhabino]], [[Rostov-on-Don]], [[Cheboksary]], [[Saransk]], Dzerzhinsky, [[Veliky Novgorod]], [[Tyumen]], [[Tobolsk]], [[Podolsk]], [[Tula, Russia|Tula]], [[Grebnevo, Moscow Oblast|Grebnevo village]], [[Dolgoprudny]], [[Murino, Leningrad Oblast|Murino]], [[Vladikavkaz]] and [[Alagir]].<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ru:Феминистское Антивоенное Сопротивление |trans-title=Feminist Anti-War Resistance |language=ru |website=t.me |url=https://t.me/femagainstwar/368 |access-date=9 March 2022 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309101320/https://t.me/femagainstwar/368 |url-status=live }}</ref> Police ordered the women laying flowers at the [[Gostiny Dvor]] in Saint Petersburg to disperse, and made over five arrests. In Moscow the [[Alexander Garden]] was closed to block access to the [[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Moscow)|Tomb of the Unknown Soldier]], so flowers were left nearby. 11 girls were detained in Moscow's [[Manezhnaya Square, Moscow|Manezhnaya Square]].<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ru:Протесты против вторжения в Украину |trans-title=Protests against the invasion of Ukraine |language=ru |website=MediaZona |date=8 March 2022 |url=https://zona.media/chronicle/soldrty-ukr |access-date=8 March 2022 |archive-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307205231/https://zona.media/chronicle/soldrty-ukr |url-status=live }}</ref> At least 93 people, at least 60 of them in Moscow, were detained.<ref name="TheMoscowTimes"/>

On 15 March, Anastasia Parshkova was arrested for standing alone before the [[Cathedral of Christ the Saviour]] in Moscow with a placard bearing the words "6th Commandment. Don't Kill". She was taken to the police station, according to the Avtozak Live telegram channel.<ref>{{cite web | title=Avtosak LIVE | url=https://t.me/avtozaklive/13077 | website=Telegram | date=March 15, 2022 | access-date=April 15, 2022 | archive-date=2022-11-16  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116004657/https://t.me/avtozaklive/13077 | url-status=live }}</ref>
The art historian Maria Silina has characterized Parshkova's action – redeploying symbols of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] to critique the alliance between Orthodox religion and military ideology – as an example of [[détournement]] typical of contemporary feminist [[art activism]] in Russia.<ref>{{cite web | first=Maria | last=Silina | title=Russia's feminists are protesting the war and its propaganda with stickers, posters, performance and graffiti | website=The Conversation | date=April 7, 2022 | url=https://theconversation.com/russias-feminists-are-protesting-the-war-and-its-propaganda-with-stickers-posters-performance-and-graffiti-179989 | access-date=April 15, 2022 | archive-date=2022-04-09  | 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 }}</ref>

In the week following International Women's Day, several videos went viral on social media showing Russian police arresting protestors for simply holding up a blank sign.<ref>{{cite web |title=Demonstrators In Russia Resort To Blank-Sign Protests — And Still Get Arrested |website=[[Huffington Post]] |date=14 March 2022 |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/demonstrators-russia-blank-sign-protests_n_622f3d23e4b02961583e5660 |access-date=14 March 2022 |archive-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314135502/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/demonstrators-russia-blank-sign-protests_n_622f3d23e4b02961583e5660 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Video Shows Back-to-Back Arrests of Anti- and Pro-War Activists in Moscow |website=[[The Moscow Times]] |date=14 March 2022 |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/14/video-shows-back-to-back-arrests-of-anti-and-pro-war-activists-in-moscow-a76917 |access-date=14 March 2022 |archive-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314134219/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/14/video-shows-back-to-back-arrests-of-anti-and-pro-war-activists-in-moscow-a76917 |url-status=live }}</ref> Another arrest which went viral was that of a woman arrested for holding up a small sign that simply read "два слова" ("two words" in Russian).<ref>{{cite web|title=Viral protests: Russians continue to denounce war, risking imprisonment|website=Deutsche Welle|date=16 March 2022|url=https://www.dw.com/en/viral-protests-russians-continue-to-denounce-war-risking-imprisonment/a-61143188|access-date=17 March 2022|archive-date=2022-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323185508/https://www.dw.com/en/viral-protests-russians-continue-to-denounce-war-risking-imprisonment/a-61143188|url-status=live}}</ref>

By the end of March, mass protests were reported to have largely subsided due to repression from the authorities.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Troianovski |first1=Anton |last2=Nechepurenko |first2=Ivan |last3=Safronova |first3=Valeriya |title=Shaken at First, Many Russians Now Rally Behind Putin's Invasion |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/01/world/europe/russia-putin-support-ukraine.html |access-date=11 April 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1 April 2022 |archive-date=2022-04-10  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410143512/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/01/world/europe/russia-putin-support-ukraine.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Some smaller individual acts of opposition against the war continued.<ref name="Moscow Times Closed Shops">{{cite news |last=Vladimirova |first=Alexandra |title=Closed Shops, Zs, Green Ribbons: Russia's Post-Invasion Reality |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/04/14/closed-shops-zs-green-ribbons-russias-post-invasion-reality-a77344 |access-date=15 April 2022 |work=[[The Moscow Times]] |date=14 April 2022 |archive-date=2022-04-20  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420122903/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/04/14/closed-shops-zs-green-ribbons-russias-post-invasion-reality-a77344 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===April–June===
In [[Sochi]], [[Diana Isakova]] and other activists prepared flyers with [[QR code]]s that led to an online text "Time to change!" written by Isakova,{{cn|date=November 2023}} criticising Putin as a dictator and calling for citizens to organise and carry out nonviolent resistance against the Putin government.<ref name="Meduza_it_was_him_or_me" /> On 17 April,<ref name="BBC_dictatorship_will_fall" /> Isakova and her colleagues distributed the flyers.<ref name="Meduza_it_was_him_or_me" /> Isakova was later arrested<ref name="BBC_dictatorship_will_fall" /> but was not prosecuted.<ref name="Aftonbladet_father_started_the_war" />

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.<ref name="shevchuk"/>

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.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Свыше 50 человек были задержаны в московском метро |url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/desyatki-lyudey-zaderzhany-v-moskovskom-metro-/31894826.html |access-date=2022-06-13 |newspaper=Радио Свобода |date=12 June 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=2023-10-09  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009083749/https://www.svoboda.org/a/desyatki-lyudey-zaderzhany-v-moskovskom-metro-/31894826.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== September ===
{{further|2022 North Caucasian protests|2022 Far Eastern protests}}
On 21 September, the [[Vesna (Russia)|Vesna]] movement called for country-wide demonstrations in response to Putin's announcement of [[2022 Russian mobilization|partial mobilization]] of Russia's military reserves, following setbacks for the Russian military during the [[2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive|Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hundreds arrested at anti-mobilisation protests in Russia |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/21/russian-group-calls-for-protests-against-putins-war-mobilisation |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=2022-09-26  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926075041/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/21/russian-group-calls-for-protests-against-putins-war-mobilisation |url-status=live }}</ref> Multiple small-scale protests followed in several cities, including Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and [[Tomsk]].<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1572562528114442240|user=mjluxmoore|title=Protests against mobilisation are taking place in several Russian cities today, mostly small-scale actions leading to a smattering of arrests. The woman's sign reads "No to Mobilisation"|first=Matthew|last=Luxmoore}}</ref> More than 1,311 protesters in 38 cities had been detained by the end of the day, according to OVD-Info.<ref>{{cite news |date=21 September 2022 |title=Several Hundred Detained as Russians Protest Mobilization |work=Moscow Times |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/09/21/several-hundred-detained-as-russians-protest-mobilization-a78859 |access-date=2022-09-21 |archive-date=2022-09-22  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922070711/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/09/21/several-hundred-detained-as-russians-protest-mobilization-a78859 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Hundreds arrested at anti-mobilisation protests in Russia |language=en |website=Al Jazeera |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/21/russian-group-calls-for-protests-against-putins-war-mobilisation |access-date=2022-09-21 |archive-date=2022-09-26  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926075041/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/21/russian-group-calls-for-protests-against-putins-war-mobilisation |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-21 |title=Russia protests: more than 1,300 arrested at anti-war demonstrations |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/22/russia-protests-more-than-1300-arrested-at-anti-war-demonstrations-ukraine |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=2022-09-27  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927005619/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/22/russia-protests-more-than-1300-arrested-at-anti-war-demonstrations-ukraine |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 24 September, anti-mobilization rallies organized by Vesna took place in many cities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Движение "Весна" назначило на 24 сентября новые акции против мобилизации |url=https://meduza.io/news/2022/09/22/dvizhenie-vesna-naznachilo-na-24-sentyabrya-novye-aktsii-protiv-mobilizatsii |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922115451/https://meduza.io/news/2022/09/22/dvizhenie-vesna-naznachilo-na-24-sentyabrya-novye-aktsii-protiv-mobilizatsii |archive-date=22 September 2022 |access-date=22 September 2022 |website=Meduza |language=ru}}</ref> The rallies were marked by mass detentions not only of protesters, but also of ordinary passers-by.<ref>{{Cite web |title=В городах России проходят протесты против мобилизации. Уже задержано около 500 человек |url=https://www.currenttime.tv/a/32049268.html |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=Настоящее Время |date=24 September 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=2022-09-26  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926163034/https://www.currenttime.tv/a/32049268.html |url-status=live }}</ref> According to OVD-Info, more than 750 people were detained by 22:30 Moscow time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Новости {{!}} ОВД-Инфо |url=https://ovd.news/ |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=ovd.news |language=ru |archive-date=2022-04-19  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419075252/https://ovd.news/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 25 September, the women of [[Yakutsk]] went to a rally under the slogans "We will not give up our husbands", "No to genocide", "No to war". People gathered in {{Ill|Osuokhay|lt=Uosohhai|ru|Осуохай}}, a traditional round dance symbolising the blessing of mothers for the safe return of their husbands and sons. The women were soon dispersed by the security forces.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-25 |title=Прекратите геноцид: в Якутске женщины вышли на митинг против мобилизации (видео) |url=https://focus.ua/voennye-novosti/530557-prekratite-genocid-v-yakutske-zhenshchiny-vyshli-na-miting-protiv-mobilizacii-video |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=Fokus |language=ru |archive-date=2022-09-25  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925095829/https://focus.ua/voennye-novosti/530557-prekratite-genocid-v-yakutske-zhenshchiny-vyshli-na-miting-protiv-mobilizacii-video |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=В Якутске прошли протесты против мобилизации |url=https://newtimes.ru/articles/detail/223281 |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=newtimes.ru |archive-date=2022-09-26  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926052207/https://newtimes.ru/articles/detail/223281 |url-status=live }}</ref> On the same day, residents of [[Endirey]], [[Khasavyurtovsky District]] of [[Dagestan]], took part in [[2022 North Caucasian protests|a rally against mobilization]]. The police fired live rounds into the air in an attempt to disperse the rally.<ref>{{Cite web |title=У селения Эндирей полиция выстрелами в воздух пытается разогнать противников мобилизации {{!}} Черновик |url=https://chernovik.net/news/u-seleniya-endirey-policiya-vystrelami-v-vozdukh-pytaetsya-razognat-protivnikov-mobilizacii |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=chernovik.net |archive-date=2022-09-25  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925195752/https://chernovik.net/news/u-seleniya-endirey-policiya-vystrelami-v-vozdukh-pytaetsya-razognat-protivnikov-mobilizacii |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the evening of 25 September, a rally was held in [[Makhachkala]], the capital of Dagestan. At the rally, protesters clashed with the police, who in turn opened fire into the air. By the end of the day, the protest was dispersed by [[National Guard of Russia|Rosgvardia]] troops.<ref>{{Cite web |title=В Махачкале на митинге против мобилизации силовики жестко задерживают протестующих |url=https://www.kavkazr.com/a/v-mahachkale-prohodit-aktsiya-protesta-protiv-mobilizatsii-na-voynu-v-ukrainu/32051344.html |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=RFE/RL |date=25 September 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=2022-09-25  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925195750/https://www.kavkazr.com/a/v-mahachkale-prohodit-aktsiya-protesta-protiv-mobilizatsii-na-voynu-v-ukrainu/32051344.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Полиция разогнала митинг против мобилизации в Махачкале |url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/politsiya-razognala-miting-protiv-mobilizatsii-v-mahachkale/32051394.html |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=Радио Свобода |language=ru |archive-date=2022-09-25  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925195750/https://www.svoboda.org/a/politsiya-razognala-miting-protiv-mobilizatsii-v-mahachkale/32051394.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Массовые протесты в Дагестане 25 сентября и их разгон: как это было |date=25 September 2022 |url=https://www.currenttime.tv/a/32051381.html |language=ru |access-date=2022-09-25 |archive-date=2022-09-25  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925195751/https://www.currenttime.tv/a/32051381.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Other 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Russian feminist anti-war resistance |url=https://www.redpepper.org.uk/russian-feminist-anti-war-resistance/ |website=[[Red Pepper (magazine)|Red Pepper]] |access-date=9 April 2022 |date=9 April 2022 |archive-date=2022-04-06  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406142120/https://www.redpepper.org.uk/russian-feminist-anti-war-resistance/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Silinia 090422">{{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=2022-04-09 |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}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news |author=AFP |title=Russian artist faces jail over peace protest using supermarket price labels |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/13/russian-artist-faces-jail-over-peace-protest-using-supermarket-price-labels |access-date=14 April 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=13 April 2022 |archive-date=2022-07-10  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710184842/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/13/russian-artist-faces-jail-over-peace-protest-using-supermarket-price-labels |url-status=live }}</ref>

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 cocktail]]s were used in all of them.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ru:Полицейских предупредили о возможных поджогах: уже пострадал военкомат |language=ru |trans-title=The police were warned about possible arson: the military enlistment office has already suffered |website=MK |date=8 March 2022 |url=https://www.mk.ru/incident/2022/03/08/policeyskikh-predupredili-o-vozmozhnykh-podzhogakh-uzhe-postradal-voenkomat.html |access-date=12 March 2022 |archive-date=11 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311212827/https://www.mk.ru/incident/2022/03/08/policeyskikh-predupredili-o-vozmozhnykh-podzhogakh-uzhe-postradal-voenkomat.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |script-title=ru:В центре Воронежа мужчина бросил банку с легковоспламеняющейся жидкостью в дверь военкомата |trans-title=In the center of Voronezh, a man threw a jar of flammable liquid at the door of the military enlistment office |language=ru |website=Novosti Voronezha |date=3 March 2022 |url=https://novostivoronezha.ru/2022/03/03/225927 |access-date=12 March 2022 |archive-date=3 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303100058/https://novostivoronezha.ru/2022/03/03/225927 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Radical Resistance from Russia to Invasion of Ukraine: Part 2|website=[[Libcom.org]]|url=https://libcom.org/article/radical-resistance-russia-invasion-ukraine-part-2|access-date=22 March 2022|archive-date=2022-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321175303/https://libcom.org/article/radical-resistance-russia-invasion-ukraine-part-2|url-status=live}}</ref> As of beginning-June, at least 15 cases of arson directed at military recruitment centres had been recorded.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://libcom.org/article/arise-ukrainian-comrades-anti-war-direct-actions-russia-and-its-9th-review|title="Arise!" Ukrainian comrades on anti-war direct actions in Russia (and its 9th review)|website=libcom.org|access-date=17 October 2022|archive-date=2022-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615083820/https://libcom.org/article/arise-ukrainian-comrades-anti-war-direct-actions-russia-and-its-9th-review|url-status=live}}</ref> On 24 March, a video was released on [[TikTok]] showing a protestor throwing Molotov cocktails at the Moscow Kremlin walls.<ref>{{cite web |last=Harrison |first=Jody |title=Protestor 'throws firebomb at Kremlin' in anti-war protest at Putin's residence |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/20016856.kremlin-molotov-video-man-carrying-firebomb-attack-putins-residence/ |website=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |access-date=9 April 2022 |date=24 March 2022 |archive-date=2022-04-09  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409130459/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/20016856.kremlin-molotov-video-man-carrying-firebomb-attack-putins-residence/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|date=28 March 2022|title=Moscow Student Gets Two Years For Throwing Molotov Cocktail During Anti-War Rally|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/moscow-student-molotov-cocktail/31774672.html|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=9 April 2022|work=RFE/RL|archive-date=2022-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410125419/https://www.rferl.org/a/moscow-student-molotov-cocktail/31774672.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

At least four teachers have been arrested after criticising the invasion in their classrooms.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sauer |first=Ptojr |title=Russian teacher 'shocked' as she faces jail over anti-war speech pupils taped |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/06/russian-teacher-shocked-as-she-faces-jail-over-anti-war-speech-pupils-taped |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=9 April 2022 |date=6 April 2022 |archive-date=2022-04-09  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409133122/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/06/russian-teacher-shocked-as-she-faces-jail-over-anti-war-speech-pupils-taped |url-status=live }}</ref> On 3 March, the Russian Ministry of Education instructed teachers to hold lessons telling students "why the liberation mission in Ukraine is a necessity."<ref>{{cite web |date=3 March 2022 |title=Russia Holds 'Peace Defenders' Open Lesson on Ukraine Invasion |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/03/russia-holds-peace-defenders-open-lesson-on-ukraine-invasion-a76734 |author-last= |author-first= |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=[[The Moscow Times]] |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305141109/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/03/russia-holds-peace-defenders-open-lesson-on-ukraine-invasion-a76734 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=4 March 2022 |title=Russia Instructs Teachers to Spread Disinformation About Ukraine |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/03/04/russia-instructs-teachers-spread-disinformation-about-ukraine |author-last= |author-first= |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=[[Human Rights Watch]] |archive-date=4 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304223347/https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/03/04/russia-instructs-teachers-spread-disinformation-about-ukraine |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|date=29 March 2022|title=Radical Resistance from Russia to Invasion of Ukraine: Part 4|url=https://libcom.org/article/radical-resistance-russia-invasion-ukraine-part-4|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=9 April 2022|work=[[Libcom.org]]|archive-date=2022-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331175848/https://libcom.org/article/radical-resistance-russia-invasion-ukraine-part-4|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 14 March, [[Marina Ovsyannikova]], an editor at [[Channel One Russia]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Sauer |first=Pjotr |date=14 March 2022 |title='They're lying to you': Russian TV employee interrupts news broadcast |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/14/russian-tv-employee-interrupts-news-broadcast-marina-ovsyannikova |url-status=live |access-date=14 March 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314220122/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/14/russian-tv-employee-interrupts-news-broadcast-marina-ovsyannikova }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Undheim |first=Ingeborg |date=14 March 2022 |title=Demonstrant skal ha brote inn i direktesending på statleg russisk TV |trans-title=Demonstrator allegedly broke into live broadcast on state Russian television |url=https://www.nrk.no/urix/demonstrant-skal-ha-brote-inn-i-direktesending-pa-statleg-russisk-tv-1.15892710 |access-date=15 March 2022 |website=[[NRK]] |language=no |archive-date=17 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317142846/https://www.nrk.no/urix/redaktor-braut-inn-i-direktesending-pa-statleg-russisk-tv-1.15892710 |url-status=live }}</ref> The sign read: "NO WAR. Stop the war. Do not believe the propaganda, here you are being lied to. Russians against war".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-14-22/h_d3ff6dd3b3c43a961f1f5eb5de9995d2 |title=Anti-war protester interrupts Russian state TV news broadcast |work=[[CNN]] |date=14 March 2022 |access-date=14 March 2022 |archive-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314204801/https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-14-22/h_d3ff6dd3b3c43a961f1f5eb5de9995d2 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ilyushina |first1=Mary |last2=Suliman |first2=Adela |date=15 March 2022 |title=Producer who crashed Russian TV broadcast with antiwar message can't be found, lawyers say |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/15/marina-ovsyannikova-ukraine-russia-television-protester/ |access-date=15 March 2022 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |archive-date=15 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315125432/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/15/marina-ovsyannikova-ukraine-russia-television-protester/ |url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moscow |first=Agence France-Presse in |date=2022-07-17 |title=Russian journalist who staged TV protest over Ukraine invasion briefly detained |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/18/russian-journalist-who-staged-tv-protest-over-ukraine-invasion-arrested-again |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=2022-07-17  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717234741/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/18/russian-journalist-who-staged-tv-protest-over-ukraine-invasion-arrested-again |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=17 July 2022 |title=Задержана бывший редактор Первого канала Марина Овсянникова. Два дня назад она вышла на пикет с плакатом "Путин — убийца" |language=ru |trans-title=Former Channel One editor Marina Ovsyannikova was detained. She picketed with a poster saying "Putin is a murderer" two days ago |newspaper=[[Meduza]] |url=https://meduza.io/news/2022/07/17/zaderzhana-byvshiy-redaktor-pervogo-kanala-marina-ovsyannikova-dva-dnya-nazad-ona-vyshla-na-piket-s-plakatom-putin-ubiytsa |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717175318/https://meduza.io/news/2022/07/17/zaderzhana-byvshiy-redaktor-pervogo-kanala-marina-ovsyannikova-dva-dnya-nazad-ona-vyshla-na-piket-s-plakatom-putin-ubiytsa |archive-date=2022-07-17}}</ref>

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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Demytrie |first=Rayhan |date=2022-05-28 |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=2022-05-28 |archive-date=2022-05-29  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529031943/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61564441 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 26 September, a gunman opened fire at a draft office in [[Irkutsk Oblast]], injuring one senior official.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rai |first=Arpan |date=2022-09-26 |title=Gunman opens fire at draft office in Russia amid backlash to Putin's mobilisation |language=en-GB |work=Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-irkutsk-shooting-arrested-draft-b2175160.html |access-date=2022-09-26 |archive-date=2022-09-26  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926173116/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-irkutsk-shooting-arrested-draft-b2175160.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Russian military personnel ===
Some Russian soldiers have been reported to have disobeyed orders to join the invasion.<ref>{{cite web |last=Beast |first=The Daily |title=Putin's Own Soldiers Are Refusing to Fight in Ukraine |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/putins-own-soldiers-are-refusing-to-fight-in-ukraine |website=[[The Daily Beast]] |access-date=9 April 2022 |date=15 March 2022 |archive-date=2022-04-09  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409130454/https://www.thedailybeast.com/putins-own-soldiers-are-refusing-to-fight-in-ukraine |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Lindstaet|first=Natasha|title=Ukraine: are reports of Russian troops mutinying and deserting true? It's happened before|url=https://theconversation.com/ukraine-are-reports-of-russian-troops-mutinying-and-deserting-true-its-happened-before-180435|website=The Conversation|access-date=9 April 2022|date=1 April 2022|archive-date=2022-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409182639/https://theconversation.com/ukraine-are-reports-of-russian-troops-mutinying-and-deserting-true-its-happened-before-180435|url-status=live}}</ref> On 12 March, it was reported that around 80 marines had refused to fight after being deployed to Kherson and were returned to Crimea.<ref>{{cite news |title=Up to 80 Russian Marines from the Crimea refused to fight against Ukraine – media |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/03/12/7330820/ |website=[[Ukrayinska Pravda]] |access-date=9 April 2022 |date=12 March 2022 |archive-date=2022-04-09  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409130456/https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/03/12/7330820/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|date=7 April 2022|title=60 Russian Paratroopers Refuse to Fight In Ukraine — Reports|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/04/07/60-russian-paratroopers-refuse-to-fight-in-ukraine-reports-a77265|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=9 April 2022|work=The Moscow Times|archive-date=2022-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409130455/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/04/07/60-russian-paratroopers-refuse-to-fight-in-ukraine-reports-a77265|url-status=live}}</ref>

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]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.unian.net/war/voyna-v-ukraine-na-sumshchine-rossiyskie-voennye-otkazyvayutsya-voevat-genshtab-novosti-vtorzheniya-rossii-na-ukrainu-11763010.html |title=На Сумщине российские военные отказываются воевать — Генштаб |access-date=2022-03-31 |archive-date=2022-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331171445/https://www.unian.net/war/voyna-v-ukraine-na-sumshchine-rossiyskie-voennye-otkazyvayutsya-voevat-genshtab-novosti-vtorzheniya-rossii-na-ukrainu-11763010.html |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[9th Guards Artillery Brigade|9th Guards]], 165th and [[227th Artillery Brigade]]s, 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 Brigade]]s, [[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,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.obozrevatel.com/russia/rossijskie-soldatyi-nachali-vse-chasche-otkazyivatsya-voevat-svezhij-perechen-voinskih-chastej.htm |title=Российские солдаты начали всё чаще отказываться воевать: свежий перечень воинских частей |date=3 April 2022 |access-date=2022-04-03 |archive-date=2022-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403080910/https://news.obozrevatel.com/russia/rossijskie-soldatyi-nachali-vse-chasche-otkazyivatsya-voevat-svezhij-perechen-voinskih-chastej.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade|810th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade]] stationed in the Crimea,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://nv.ua/ukraine/events/vtorzhenie-rossii-v-ukrainu-morpehi-v-krymu-otkazyvayutsya-uchastvovat-v-voyne-50221447.html |title=Военные в Крыму отказываются участвовать во вторжении РФ в Украину — Центр оборонных стратегий |access-date=2022-03-31 |archive-date=2022-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331170809/https://nv.ua/ukraine/events/vtorzhenie-rossii-v-ukrainu-morpehi-v-krymu-otkazyvayutsya-uchastvovat-v-voyne-50221447.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mignews.com/news/ukraine/rossijskie-voennye-massovo-otkazyvayutsya-voevat-v-ukraine.html |title=Российские военные массово отказываются воевать в Украине |date=3 April 2022 |access-date=2022-04-03 |archive-date=2022-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403053741/https://mignews.com/news/ukraine/rossijskie-voennye-massovo-otkazyvayutsya-voevat-v-ukraine.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite web |title=Mediazona: South Ossetia soldiers refused to fight in Ukraine and fled |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/04/1/7336192/ |website=Ukrayinska Pravda |access-date=9 April 2022 |date=1 April 2022 |archive-date=2022-04-09  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409130500/https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/04/1/7336192/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="civ0104">{{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=2022-04-17  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417224535/https://civil.ge/archives/482759 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Petitions and open letters==
In the weeks preceding the invasion, there were signs that anti-war sentiment was growing in [[Saint Petersburg]].<ref name="Vorobyov">{{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 }}</ref> At the beginning of February, over 150 prominent Russian activists, authors, and academics signed an open letter, 'If Only There Is No War!',<ref>{{cite web |author-first=Eva |author-last=Hartog |title=Left without a voice, anti-war Russians pen open letters to Putin |website=[[Politico]] |date=15 February 2022 |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/anti-war-russia-open-letter-to-president-vladimir-putin/ |access-date=25 February 2022 |archive-date=19 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219163243/https://www.politico.eu/article/anti-war-russia-open-letter-to-president-vladimir-putin/ |url-status=live }}</ref> protesting the "party of war in the Russian leadership" and state media.<ref name="Vorobyov"/>

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."<ref>{{cite news|date=24 February 2022 |title=Nobel Peace Prize winner, other prominent Russian figures condemn country's attack on Ukraine |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/24/russia-ukraine-attack-news/#link-ZFYLGJKGEZDDNFHUIFI2V4LDG4 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224073822/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/24/russia-ukraine-attack-news/#link-ZFYLGJKGEZDDNFHUIFI2V4LDG4 |archive-date=24 February 2022 |access-date=24 February 2022}}</ref> The ''[[Kommersant]]'' reporter [[Elena Chernenko (journalist)|Elena Chernenko]] launched an anti-war petition,<ref name="Fortune"/> 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.<ref name="Sky"/> On 24 February, human rights activist [[Lev Ponomaryov]] started an online petition to protest against the invasion, garnering 289,000 signatures by the end of the day.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ukraine attack: Hundreds arrested in anti-war protests in Russia |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/24/ukraine-crisis-hundreds-detained-in-anti-war-protests-in-russia |website=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al-Jazeera]] |date=24 February 2022 |access-date=24 February 2022 |archive-date=24 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224224755/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/24/ukraine-crisis-hundreds-detained-in-anti-war-protests-in-russia |url-status=live }}</ref> By 1 March, the petition had gathered more than a million votes.<ref>{{cite web |first=Pauline |last=Rouquette |title=Russian anti-war movement takes shape on the streets – and on screens |website=[[France24]] |date=2 March 2022 |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220302-russian-anti-war-movement-takes-shape-on-the-streets-%E2%80%93-and-on-screens |access-date=3 March 2022 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305094436/https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220302-russian-anti-war-movement-takes-shape-on-the-streets-%E2%80%93-and-on-screens |url-status=live }}</ref> On 26 February, a petition for the impeachment of Putin was published by a Russian citizen on the [[Change.org]] website, gathering more than 200,000 signatures by the end of 27 February.<ref>{{cite web |date=27 February 2022 |title=Petition appears online demanding Putin's impeachment. |url=https://kyivindependent.com/uncategorized/petition-appears-online-demanding-putins-impeachment/ |access-date=28 February 2022 |website=[[The Kyiv Independent]] |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306023327/https://kyivindependent.com/uncategorized/petition-appears-online-demanding-putins-impeachment/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Some of the petition signers lost their jobs.<ref>{{cite news |title=She Signed an Open Letter Calling for Peace. Then Got Fired. |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/03/she-signed-an-open-letter-calling-for-peace-then-got-fired-a76728 |work=[[The Moscow Times]] |date=3 March 2022 |access-date=2022-03-05  |archive-date=2022-03-05  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305094445/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/03/she-signed-an-open-letter-calling-for-peace-then-got-fired-a76728 |url-status=live }}</ref>

More than 30,000 technology workers,<ref>{{cite news |title=Scores of IT workers in Russia sign public anti-war petition |url=https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/01/russian-it-workers-anti-war-petition/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220301/https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/01/russian-it-workers-anti-war-petition/ |archive-date=1 March 2022 |work=[[TechCrunch]] |date=1 March 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref> 6,000 medical workers, 3,400 architects,<ref>{{cite news |title=Anti-war sentiment grows in Russia as troops close in on Ukrainian capital |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/anti-war-sentiment-grows-in-russia-as-troops-close-in-on-ukrainian-capital |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220227/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/anti-war-sentiment-grows-in-russia-as-troops-close-in-on-ukrainian-capital |archive-date=27 February 2022 |work=[[PBS]] |date=26 February 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref> more than 4,300 teachers,<ref>{{cite news |title=The Kremlin forces schools and theaters to uphold Putin's invasion propaganda |url=https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/kremlin-schools-propaganda/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220301/https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/kremlin-schools-propaganda/ |archive-date=1 March 2022 |work=[[Coda Media]] |date=1 March 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref> more than 17,000 artists,<ref name="artists-invasion">{{cite news |title=Nearly 20,000 Russian artists are demanding a withdrawal from Ukraine |url=https://qz.com/2135849/a-list-of-russian-artists-speaking-out-against-the-ukraine-invasion/ |work=[[Quartz (website)|Quartz]] |date=2 March 2022 |access-date=2 March 2022 |archive-date=3 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303161407/https://qz.com/2135849/a-list-of-russian-artists-speaking-out-against-the-ukraine-invasion/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 5,000 scientists,<ref>{{cite news |title=Global research community condemns Russian invasion of Ukraine |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00601-w |work=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |date=1 March 2022 |access-date=2 March 2022 |archive-date=3 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303161407/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00601-w |url-status=live }}</ref> and 2,000 actors, directors, and other creative figures signed open letters calling for Putin's government to stop the war.<ref>{{cite news |title=Russian Government Orders Media Outlets To Delete Stories Referring To 'Invasion' Or 'Assault' On Ukraine |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/roskomnadzor-russia-delete-stories-invasion/31724838.html|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220227/https://www.rferl.org/a/roskomnadzor-russia-delete-stories-invasion/31724838.html|archive-date=27 February 2022 |work=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]], RFE/RL |date=26 February 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Russia's anti-war lobby goes online |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220226-russia-s-anti-war-lobby-goes-online|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220227/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220226-russia-s-anti-war-lobby-goes-online|archive-date=27 February 2022 |work=[[France 24]] |date=26 February 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Some Russians who signed petitions against Russia's war in Ukraine lost their jobs.<ref>{{cite news |title=She Signed an Open Letter Calling for Peace. Then Got Fired. |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/03/she-signed-an-open-letter-calling-for-peace-then-got-fired-a76728 |work=[[The Moscow Times]] |date=3 March 2022 |access-date=5 March 2022 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305094445/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/03/she-signed-an-open-letter-calling-for-peace-then-got-fired-a76728 |url-status=live }}</ref>

1,200 students, faculty and staff of the [[Moscow State Institute of International Relations]], affiliated with the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]], signed an open letter stating that they "consider it morally unacceptable to stay on the sidelines and keep silent when people are dying in a neighboring state. They are dying through the fault of those who preferred weapons instead of peaceful diplomacy. .... Many generations of future diplomats will have to rebuild the trust in Russia and the good relations with our neighbors that have been lost."<ref>{{cite news |title=Russians struggle to understand Ukraine war: 'We didn't choose this' |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/03/europe/russia-reaction-war-ukraine-dougherty-intl-hnk/index.html |work=[[CNN]] |date=3 March 2022 |access-date=5 March 2022 |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306024008/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/03/europe/russia-reaction-war-ukraine-dougherty-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Чулпан Хаматова 12 июня 2015-2.jpg|thumb|upright|Russian actress [[Chulpan Khamatova]], known for her roles in ''[[Good Bye, Lenin!]]'' and ''[[Petrov's Flu]]'', was forced to leave Russia after signing an anti-war petition]]
[[Igor Kochetkov]], the head of the [[Russian LGBT Network]], launched an open letter against the war and stating that "There are a lot of problems in our country, including the spread of anti-human ideas, which often come from high-ranking officials. Let's start 'denazification' with them." The open letter received signatures from 150 Russian LGBT+ rights activists.<ref name="lgbtnetwork">{{cite news |title=A message from a Russian LGBT+ activist |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/a-message-from-a-russian-lgbt-activist/ |work=[[openDemocracy]] |date=4 March 2022 |access-date=5 March 2022 |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306001520/https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/a-message-from-a-russian-lgbt-activist/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Feminist Anti-War Resistance]] campaign, one of the first founded in opposition to the war, launched with a manifesto saying that "war exacerbates gender inequality and sets back gains for human rights by many years" and that the war was being "fought under the banner of the "traditional values" declared by government ideologues," which were contrary to human rights and liberation.<ref>{{cite news |title=How Russian feminists are opposing the war on Ukraine |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/how-russian-feminists-are-opposing-the-war-on-ukraine/ |work=[[openDemocracy]] |date=10 March 2022 |access-date=11 March 2022 |archive-date=13 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313011449/https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/how-russian-feminists-are-opposing-the-war-on-ukraine/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Representatives of Russian arts and culture workers initiated an open letter expressing solidarity with the Ukrainian people and protesting against the war. As of 23:00 Moscow time on 27 February 2022, the letter was signed by 17,000 people.<ref name="OL_2022">{{cite web |script-title=ru:Открытое письмо российских работников культуры и искусства против войны с Украиной |trans-title=Open letter from Russian arts and culture workers against war with Ukraine |language=ru |date=27 February 2022 |orig-date= |url=https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnsmy5USdTXItkzXAyvkPPrttysXHfxpCDsKzhoKOxgA8Nhg/viewform?usp=embed_facebook |access-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228174328/https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnsmy5USdTXItkzXAyvkPPrttysXHfxpCDsKzhoKOxgA8Nhg/viewform?usp=embed_facebook |archive-date=28 February 2022}}</ref>
{{blockquote|text=We, artists, curators, architects, critics, art critics, art managers — representatives of culture and art of the Russian Federation – express our absolute solidarity with the people of Ukraine and say a resolute "NO TO WAR!". We demand the immediate cessation of all hostilities, the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, and the holding of peace talks.<ref name="OL_2022"/>}}

[[Lev Ponomaryov]] initiated a petition titled "{{lang|ru|Остановить войну с Украиной! – Нет войне}}" ("Stop the war with Ukraine! – No to war"). By 4 March, the petition had been signed by more than 1.18 million Russians.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stoppt den Krieg mit der Ukraine! Bereits über 1,18 Millionen Russen haben Petitionen unterschrieben |language=de |trans-title=Stop the war with Ukraine! More than 1.18 million Russians signed petitions |at=Lew Ponomarjow: Gegen den Krieg – Net Voyne |date=4 March 2022 |work=ScienceBlog – Kaleidoskop der Naturwissenschaften (i∫⊂⨀) |location=Vienna, Austria |url=https://scienceblog.at/stop-krieg-ukraine-protest-russen |access-date=19 March 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319103523/https://scienceblog.at/stop-krieg-ukraine-protest-russen |archive-date=19 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{citation |script-title=ru:Остановить войну с Украиной! – Нет войне |language=ru |trans-title=Stop the war with Ukraine! No to war. |date=March 2022 |editor-first=Lev [Лев] |editor-last=Ponomaryov [Пономарев] |editor-link=Lev Ponomaryov |work=change.org |publisher=[[Change.org]] PBC |id=www.change.org/NetVoyne<!-- |access-date=19 March 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319102949/https://www.change.org/p/%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%83-%D1%81-%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9-2ce0a2d7-b957-4e23-981a-c67a26e2b0b7?redirect=false |archive-date=19 March 2022 -->}}</ref>

In April 2023, anti-Kremlin activists gathered at a [[Paris]] rally organised by Navalny's team and urged the [[European Union]] (EU) to ban Svetlana Maniovich, ex-wife of [[Timur Ivanov]], from living in Europe and freeze her assets. Ivanov had already been sanctioned by the EU in October 2022, and was considered by the EU to be responsible for the Russian war effort at large.<ref>{{cite web|date=23 April 2023|title=Protesters in Paris rally against 'blood money' of Putin's minister|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230423-protesters-in-paris-rally-against-blood-money-of-putin-s-minister|access-date=2023-04-29 |archive-date=2023-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427073528/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230423-protesters-in-paris-rally-against-blood-money-of-putin-s-minister|url-status=live}}</ref>

44 Russian chess players, including world championship challenger [[Ian Nepomniachtchi]], women's world champion [[Alexandra Kosteniuk]], world rapid champion [[Daniil Dubov]], and world junior champion [[Polina Shuvalova]], published an open letter in April 2022, stating opposition for and calling for an end to the war.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Copeland (SamCopeland) |first=Sam |date=2022-04-20 |title='Stop the war.' 44 Top Russian Players Publish Open Letter To Putin |url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/stop-the-war-44-top-russian-players-publish-open-letter-to-putin |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=Chess.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-03-07  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307095826/https://www.chess.com/news/view/stop-the-war-44-top-russian-players-publish-open-letter-to-putin |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Metleva |first=Yana |date=3 March 2022 |title=Ведущие шахматисты России написали обращение к президенту РФ |url=https://www.championat.com/other/news-4626621-veduschie-shahmatisty-rossii-napisali-obraschenie-k-prezidentu-rf.html |access-date=2 October 2023 |website=championat.com |archive-date=2022-03-05  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305001213/https://www.championat.com/other/news-4626621-veduschie-shahmatisty-rossii-napisali-obraschenie-k-prezidentu-rf.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Symbolism==
==="No to war!"===
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'''"No to war!"''' ({{lang-ru|"Нет войне!"|"Net voyne!"}}, {{IPA-ru|nʲet vɐjˈnʲe}}) is an [[anti-war movement|anti-war]] slogan used by the demonstrators in the 2022 anti-war protests in Russia.<ref>{{cite web |title=At Least 1,400 Detained At Anti-War Protests Across Russia As 100,000 Rally For Peace In Berlin |date=27 February 2022 |publisher=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-antiwar-protests/31726586.html |access-date=8 March 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308214853/https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-antiwar-protests/31726586.html |archive-date=8 March 2022 }}</ref><ref name="Knauss_2022">{{cite news |title=#нетвойне: Russische Wissenschaftler, Künstler, Historiker protestieren gegen Putins Krieg – Widerstand im eigenen Land |language=de |trans-title=#NoWar: Russian scientists, artists, historians protest against Putin's war – Resistance in home country |newspaper={{ill|Tichys Einblick|de}} |author-first=Ferdinand |author-last=Knauß |date=3 March 2022 |url=https://www.tichyseinblick.de/daili-es-sentials/nein-zum-krieg-putin-russland/ |access-date=19 March 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303143145/https://www.tichyseinblick.de/daili-es-sentials/nein-zum-krieg-putin-russland/ |archive-date=3 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |script-title=ru:Нет войне! Услышьте голоса миллионов – года Россия начала войну против Украины. Это война, которая не нужна россиянам. Это война, которую не хотят русские люди. Мы собрали реакции в социальных сетях. |trans-title=No war! Hear the voices of millions – the year Russia started a war against Ukraine. This is a war that the Russians do not need. This is a war that the Russian people do not want. We collected reactions on social networks. |title=Net voyne! Uslysh'te golosa millionov – goda Rossiya nachala voynu protiv Ukrainy. Eto voyna, kotoraya ne nuzhna rossiyanam. Eto voyna, kotoruyu ne khotyat russkiye lyudi. My sobrali reaktsii v sotsial'nykh setyakh. |language=ru |department=Культура и стиль жизни (Culture and lifestyle) |author-first=Марина [Marina] |author-last=Борисова [Borisova] |author-first2=Виктор [Viktor] |author-last2=Вайц [Weitz] |date=24 February 2022 |publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]] |url=https://www.dw.com/ru/net-vojne-uslyshte-golosa-millionov/a-60898187 |access-date=20 March 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320104909/https://www.dw.com/ru/net-vojne-uslyshte-golosa-millionov/a-60898187 |archive-date=20 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Amidst a Crackdown, Russia's Anti-War Artists and Activists Try To Reclaim the Streets |author-first=Aliide |author-last=Naylor |department=Opinion |date=10 March 2022 |magazine=[[ArtReview]] |publisher=[[ArtReview Ltd]] |publication-place=London, UK |url=https://artreview.com/amidst-a-crackdown-russia-anti-war-artists-and-activists-try-to-reclaim-the-streets/ |access-date=20 March 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320001443/https://artreview.com/amidst-a-crackdown-russia-anti-war-artists-and-activists-try-to-reclaim-the-streets/ |archive-date=20 March 2022}}</ref> Children also used this slogan on handmade signs and tried to leave their message outside the [[Embassy of Ukraine, Moscow|Ukrainian embassy in Moscow]]. They were arrested for those actions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Russian police jail kids who took flowers and 'No to War' signs to Ukraine's embassy |author-first=Bill |author-last=Chappell |date=2 March 2022 |publisher=[[National Public Radio]] |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/03/02/1083911717/russian-police-jail-kids-who-took-flowers-and-no-to-war-signs-to-ukraines-embass |access-date=8 March 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308215451/https://www.npr.org/2022/03/02/1083911717/russian-police-jail-kids-who-took-flowers-and-no-to-war-signs-to-ukraines-embass?t=1646776167629 |archive-date=8 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="Knauss_2022"/>

Relatives of some Russian officials who justify Russia's war against Ukraine have also expressed their disagreement with the Kremlin's decision through the hashtag "No to war!". Among them was Liza Peskova, the daughter of the official representative of the Kremlin [[Dmitry Peskov]].<ref>{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://baza.io/posts/1de07459-03d9-4c37-a49e-940be7fbf846 |script-title=ru:"Я против войны" |trans-title=I am against the war |website=Baza.io |date=25 February 2022 |access-date=28 February 2022 |archive-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228174331/https://baza.io/posts/1de07459-03d9-4c37-a49e-940be7fbf846 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===White-blue-white flag===
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The [[white-blue-white flag]] is an anti-war symbol created by removing the red from the [[Russian flag]]. According to anti-war protestors, 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.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ru:У антивоенного движения появился новый символ протеста — бело-сине-белый флаг. "Медуза" рассказывает, кто и зачем его придумал |language=ru |trans-title=The anti-war movement has a new symbol of protest – the white-blue-white flag. Meduza reveals who invented it and why. |website=[[Meduza]] |publisher=Medusa Project SIA |publication-place=Riga, Latvia |date=14 March 2022 |url=https://meduza.io/feature/2022/03/14/u-antivoennogo-dvizheniya-poyavilsya-novyy-simvol-protesta-belo-sine-belyy-flag-meduza-rasskazyvaet-kto-i-zachem-ego-pridumal |access-date=14 March 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319215754/https://meduza.io/feature/2022/03/14/u-antivoennogo-dvizheniya-poyavilsya-novyy-simvol-protesta-belo-sine-belyy-flag-meduza-rasskazyvaet-kto-i-zachem-ego-pridumal |archive-date=19 March 2022}}</ref>

===Green ribbons===
Some protestors have used green ribbons as a symbol of opposition to the war.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kilner |first=James |title=How green ribbons became a symbol of resistance against Vladimir Putin's war |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/03/25/green-ribbon-russia-ukraine-anti-war-protest/ |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=17 April 2022 |date=25 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Samuelson |first=Kate |title=Russia's silent protests |url=https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/world-news/russia/956102/the-silent-protests-taking-place-in-russia |access-date=17 April 2022 |work=[[The Week]] |date=16 March 2022 |archive-date=2022-04-12  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412060002/https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/world-news/russia/956102/the-silent-protests-taking-place-in-russia |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Statements against the war==
[[File:Protests against war in Ukraine in Moscow (February 24th 2022).ogg|thumb|upright|Police detain a Moscow protester, 24 February]]
[[File:Detention at an anti-war protest.ogg|thumb|upright|Detention at an anti-war protest, 24 February]]

===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 February 24, 2022. Both of these parties opposed the illegal annexation of Crimea and hold moderately pro-Ukrainian positions. The Yabloko party published a petition<ref name=":1" /> demanding the withdrawal of troops from the Ukrainian-Russian border on February 13, 2022. Although the party continues to legally exist, dozens of Yabloko members, politicians, and activists have been arrested or detained since February 24.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Спецоперация" и преследования активистов "Яблока". Онлайн |url=https://www.yabloko.ru/«Спецоперация»%20и%20преследования%20активистов%20«Яблока».%20Онлайн |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=Партия Яблоко |language=ru }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation]] (KPRF) officially supports the invasion and is often characterized as a controlled opposition to Putin's government, however, some youth and left-wing factions within the party have opposed the war.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://links.org.au/russian-left-split-over-ukraine-war|title=Russian 'left' split over Ukraine War (Plus statement by Opposition current in the Communist Party of the Russian Federation) &#124; Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal|website=links.org.au|access-date=2022-06-11 |archive-date=2022-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610191244/http://links.org.au/russian-left-split-over-ukraine-war|url-status=live}}</ref> The only two members of the [[State Duma]] to have spoken against the war have been KPRF deputies: [[Mikhail Matveyev (politician)|Mikhail Matveyev]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Petriczko |first=Ada |date=1 March 2022 |title=A few members of the Russian Parliament speak out against the war. |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/28/world/europe/russia-parliament-ukraine-invasion.html |access-date=9 March 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309074202/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/28/world/europe/russia-parliament-ukraine-invasion.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1497428765038817281|title=Russian lawmaker Mikhail Matveyev, who voted to recognize Donetsk and Luhansk, calls for an immediate end to attack on Ukraine |website=Twitter |publisher=[[BNO News]] |date=26 February 2022 |access-date=26 February 2022 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226051556/https://twitter.com/bnonews/status/1497428765038817281 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Oleg Smolin]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Anti-war sentiment grows in Russia as troops close in on Ukrainian capital |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/anti-war-sentiment-grows-in-russia-as-troops-close-in-on-ukrainian-capital |work=[[PBS]] |date=26 February 2022 |access-date=27 February 2022 |archive-date=27 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227142126/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/anti-war-sentiment-grows-in-russia-as-troops-close-in-on-ukrainian-capital |url-status=live }}</ref> KPRF senator [[Vyacheslav Markhayev]] has also spoken against the war.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russia-protests-beating-up-demonstrators-must-stop-former-riot-police-chief-tells-putin-zj5j8bvdn|title=Russia protests: Beating up demonstrators must stop, former riot police chief tells Putin|first=Tom Parfitt|last=Moscow|date=27 May 2023|via=www.thetimes.co.uk|access-date=2022-06-11 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226044647/https://www.thetimes.co.uk//article/russia-protests-beating-up-demonstrators-must-stop-former-riot-police-chief-tells-putin-zj5j8bvdn|url-status=live}}</ref> On 27 May 2022, two KPRF lawmakers from the [[Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai]] were kicked out of the oblast's KPRF group and two others were reprimanded by the party after presenting a statement in opposition to the war.<ref>{{cite news |title=In Rare Display Of Dissent, Lawmakers In Russia's Far East Urge Putin To Stop Ukraine War |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-primorye-parliament-war-dissent/31871358.html |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=27 May 2022 |access-date=2022-05-29  |archive-date=2022-05-29  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529041916/https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-primorye-parliament-war-dissent/31871358.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-lawmakers-expelled-communist-faction-ukraine/31878469.html|title=Russian Lawmakers Expelled From Communist Faction After Calling On Putin To Stop Ukraine War|website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|access-date=2022-06-11 |archive-date=2022-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611192452/https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-lawmakers-expelled-communist-faction-ukraine/31878469.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Another faction associated with the [[International Marxist Tendency]] face expulsion from the party after organising an anti-war committee called "KPRF/[[Leninist Komsomol of the Russian Federation|LKSM]] Members Against the War."<ref name="auto1" />

On February 15, the website of Russian political party [[New People (political party)|New People]], which is also known as a controlled opposition and a spoiler party,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/10/05/nechayev-money-kovalchuk-brains | title=Nechayev money, Kovalchuk brains Where the 'New People' party came from, who it serves, and how it managed to win seats in the State Duma — barely a month after lagging in the polls | access-date=2022-07-19  | archive-date=2022-07-10  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710073906/https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/10/05/nechayev-money-kovalchuk-brains | url-status=live }}</ref> released a statement by [[Sardana Avksentyeva]], condemning the war.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newpeople.ru/News/novye-lyudi-protiv-vojny |title=Новые люди против войны |trans-title=New people against war |work=newpeople.ru |access-date=2 March 2022 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226023532/https://newpeople.ru/News/novye-lyudi-protiv-vojny |url-status=live }}</ref> After the start of the invasion, leader of the party, [[Alexey Nechayev]], made statements in support of military action.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tass.ru/politika/13841485 |title="Новые люди" согласны, что мирные способы обеспечения безопасности РФ исчерпаны |trans-title="New People" agree that peaceful means of ensuring the security of the Russian Federation have been exhausted |work=tass.ru |publisher=[[TASS]] |date=24 February 2022 |access-date=3 March 2022 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226155430/https://tass.ru/politika/13841485 |url-status=live }}</ref> Avksentyeva's anti-war statement was deleted, and she herself later supported the invasion: "And I feel that today we must give our military an opportunity to complete their work... We need the victory".<ref name="Sardana Avksentyeva">{{cite web|url=https://dailymoscow.ru/author/sardana-avksenteva-menya-chasto-sprashivayut-kak-vy-otnosites-k-specoperacii-poprobuyu-obyasnit-eto|script-title=ru:Сардана Авксентьева: Меня часто спрашивают – как вы относитесь к спецоперации. Попробую объяснить &#124;&#124; Daily Moscow|trans-title=I am often asked how I feel about the special operation. I'll try to explain|date=22 April 2022|author=[[Sardana Avksentyeva]]|access-date=2022-07-19 |archive-date=2022-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719101510/https://dailymoscow.ru/author/sardana-avksenteva-menya-chasto-sprashivayut-kak-vy-otnosites-k-specoperacii-poprobuyu-obyasnit-eto|url-status=live}}</ref>

However, one of the New People deputies of the State Duma, [[Sangadji Tarbaev]], has publicly condemned the war. [[Valery Gartung]], also a State Duma deputy and a member of [[A Just Russia — For Truth]] party (which supports the invasion), also denounced it in Facebook, and later commented his post to [[Republic.ru]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://paperpaper.ru/papernews/2022/3/2/eto-chto-rossijskie-chinovniki-govo/ | title=Что чиновники неофициально говорят о войне в Украине | date=2 March 2022 | access-date=2022-07-19  | archive-date=2022-07-05  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705155406/https://paperpaper.ru/papernews/2022/3/2/eto-chto-rossijskie-chinovniki-govo/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://republic.ru/posts/103279 | title="Все должны голосовать так, никто не может против выступить". Депутат Валерий Гартунг о дискуссии вокруг судьбоносного обращения о признании ДНР/ЛН | access-date=2022-07-19  | archive-date=2022-07-05  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705131154/https://republic.ru/posts/103279 | url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Mikhail Gorbachev]], the last [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|CPSU General Secretary]] and the [[President of the Soviet Union|head of state]] of the Soviet Union, stated that "everything possible must be done to stop the threat of a nuclear war".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sky TG24 |date=4 March 2022 |title=Guerra Russia Ucraina, Gorbaciov: fate di tutto per fermare Putin |trans-title=Russia-Ukraine War, Gorbachev: do everything to stop Putin |language=it |work=[[Sky TG24]] |url=https://tg24.sky.it/mondo/2022/03/04/guerra-russia-ucraina-gorbaciov |access-date=2 March 2022 |archive-date=4 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304095807/https://tg24.sky.it/mondo/2022/03/04/guerra-russia-ucraina-gorbaciov |url-status=live }}</ref> On 26 February, [[the Gorbachev Foundation]] stated: "In connection with Russia's military operation in Ukraine, begun on February 24, we affirm the need for an early cessation of hostilities and immediate start of peace negotiations. There is nothing more precious in the world than human lives."<ref>{{cite news |title=Statement of the Gorbachev Foundation |url=https://www.gorby.ru/en/presscenter/news/show_30324/ |work=[[The Gorbachev Foundation]] |date=1 March 2022 |access-date=2022-08-13  |archive-date=2022-05-24  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524151655/https://www.gorby.ru/en/presscenter/news/show_30324/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 27 February, Russian politician [[Lyudmila Narusova]], a member of the [[Federation Council (Russia)|Federation Council]], stated in a television interview: "I do not identify myself with those representatives of the state that speak out in favor of the war. I think they themselves do not know what they are doing. They are following orders without thinking."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-casualties.html |title=A War the Kremlin Tried to Disguise Becomes a Hard Reality for Russians |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2 March 2022 |access-date=2022-04-08  |archive-date=2022-03-03  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303000132/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-casualties.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Arkady Dvorkovich]], who served as a Deputy Prime Minister from 2012 to 2018, condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine and said that "Wars are the worst things one might face in life...including this war. My thoughts are with Ukrainian civilians."<ref>{{cite news |title=Exclusive: Former Top Kremlin Official Who Chairs Global Chess Federation Decries Russia's War on Ukraine |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/03/chess-grandmasters-putin-russia-ukraine-war/ |work=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] |date=14 March 2022 |access-date=2022-03-18  |archive-date=2022-03-22  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322191105/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/03/chess-grandmasters-putin-russia-ukraine-war/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 23 March, Putin's longtime advisor and Russian climate envoy [[Anatoly Chubais]] resigned from his position and left Russia due to his opposition to the war.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Light |first=Felix |date=23 March 2022 |title=Kremlin aide who picked Putin for power flees Russia |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kremlin-aide-anatoly-chubais-who-hand-picked-putin-for-power-flees-russia-72vnlj58f |url-access=subscription |issn=0140-0460 |access-date=2022-04-08  |archive-date=2022-03-26  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326164022/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kremlin-aide-anatoly-chubais-who-hand-picked-putin-for-power-flees-russia-72vnlj58f |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Last Address Sign - Moscow, Kostyansky Lane, 4 (2021-02-14) 01.jpg|thumb|left|Opposition politician [[Ilya Yashin]], the municipal deputy for Moscow's [[Krasnoselsky District, Moscow|Krasnoselsky District]], was arrested after criticizing the war in Ukraine]] 
[[Alexei Navalny]], the opposition leader who was imprisoned in January 2021, called Putin an "obviously insane tsar" and urged Russians to continue daily street protests: "Go out onto the main square of your city every weekday at 19.00 and at 14.00 at weekends and on holidays".<ref>{{cite news |date=2 March 2022 |title=Russia's Navalny calls Putin insane and urges anti-war protests |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kremlin-critic-navalny-calls-daily-anti-war-protests-russia-2022-03-02/ |access-date=2 March 2022 |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306141132/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kremlin-critic-navalny-calls-daily-anti-war-protests-russia-2022-03-02/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Later, he called out Putin's partial mobilization order by comparing the recruitment of prisoners to the fictional [[Suicide Squad]], asking "What an army made of murderers, robbers, brigands could accomplish in combat?"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Navalny says alleged recruitment of Russian prisoners is 'kind of like Suicide Squad' |url=https://news.sky.com/story/navalny-says-alleged-recruitment-of-russian-prisoners-is-kind-of-like-suicide-squad-12701906 |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=Sky News |language=en |archive-date=2022-09-23  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923000613/https://news.sky.com/story/navalny-says-alleged-recruitment-of-russian-prisoners-is-kind-of-like-suicide-squad-12701906 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Other groups which have expressed their opposition to the war include the [[Revolutionary Workers' Party (Russia)|Revolutionary Workers Party]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rwp.ru/2022/02/24/%d0%b7%d0%b0%d1%8f%d0%b2%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b5-%d1%86%d0%ba-%d1%80%d1%80%d0%bf-%d0%bd%d0%b5%d1%82-%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b9%d0%bd%d0%b5/ |title=Заявление ЦК РРП: Нет войне! Главный враг — в своей стране! |trans-title=Statement of the Central Committee of the WRP: No to war! The main enemy is in your own country! |date=24 February 2022 |work=rwp.ru |access-date=1 March 2022 |archive-date=1 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301161602/http://rwp.ru/2022/02/24/%d0%b7%d0%b0%d1%8f%d0%b2%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b5-%d1%86%d0%ba-%d1%80%d1%80%d0%bf-%d0%bd%d0%b5%d1%82-%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b9%d0%bd%d0%b5/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://rwp.ru/2022/02/24/23-%d1%84%d0%b5%d0%b2%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%bb%d1%8f-%d0%b2-%d0%bc%d0%be%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b2%d0%b5-%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%ba%d0%b0%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%b9-%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b9%d0%bd%d1%8b-%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%be%d0%bc%d0%b5/ |title=23 февраля в Москве: никакой войны, кроме классовой! |trans-title=February 23 in Moscow: no war, except class! |date=24 February 2022 |work=rwp.ru |access-date=1 March 2022 |archive-date=1 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301175103/http://rwp.ru/2022/02/24/23-%d1%84%d0%b5%d0%b2%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%bb%d1%8f-%d0%b2-%d0%bc%d0%be%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b2%d0%b5-%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%ba%d0%b0%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%b9-%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b9%d0%bd%d1%8b-%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%be%d0%bc%d0%b5/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://rwp.ru/2022/02/25/10-%d1%81%d1%83%d1%82%d0%be%d0%ba-%d0%b7%d0%b0-%d0%b0%d0%b3%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%b0%d1%86%d0%b8%d1%8e-%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%be%d1%82%d0%b8%d0%b2-%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b9%d0%bd%d1%8b/ |title=Член РРП арестован на 10 суток за антивоенную агитацию |trans-title=WRP member arrested for 10 days for anti-war agitation |date=25 February 2022 |work=rwp.ru |access-date=1 March 2022 |archive-date=27 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227060423/http://rwp.ru/2022/02/25/10-%D1%81%D1%83%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA-%D0%B7%D0%B0-%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8E-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%8B/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[Libertarian Party of Russia]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://libertarian-party.ru/posts/32fa08c2-88c7-4091-98d5-236cde3f11bc |title=Скажем "НЕТ!" войне! |trans-title=Let's say "NO!" war! |work=libertarian-party.ru |access-date=1 March 2022 |archive-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228202201/https://libertarian-party.ru/posts/32fa08c2-88c7-4091-98d5-236cde3f11bc |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Socialist Alternative (Russia)|Socialist Alternative]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://socialist.news/world/ukraine/stop-war/ |title=Нет войне в Украине! Вернуть войска домой |trans-title=No war in Ukraine! Bring the troops home |work=socialist.news |publisher=[[Socialist Alternative (Russia)|Socialist Alternative]] |access-date=1 March 2022 |archive-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228010340/https://socialist.news/world/ukraine/stop-war/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[Pirate Party of Russia]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pirate-party.ru/vojna-putina-s-ukrainoj/?amp=1 |title=Война Путина с Украиной |trans-title=Putin's War with Ukraine |work=pirate-party.ru |publisher=[[Pirate Party of Russia]] |date=24 February 2022 |access-date=3 March 2022 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226155900/https://pirate-party.ru/vojna-putina-s-ukrainoj/?amp=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[United Communist Party]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ucp.su/category/news/1631-den-krasnoj-armii-armii-mira-ne-vojny/ |title=День Красной Армии. Армии мира, а не войны |trans-title=Day of the Red Army. Army of peace, not war |date=25 February 2022 |work=ucp.su |publisher=[[United Communist Party]] |access-date=1 March 2022 |archive-date=1 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301161753/http://ucp.su/category/news/1631-den-krasnoj-armii-armii-mira-ne-vojny/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[Left Bloc (Russia)|Left Bloc]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://leftblock.org/2900 |script-title=ru:АНТИВОЕННОЕ ЗАЯВЛЕНИЕ ЛЕВОГО БЛОКА |trans-title=ANTI-WAR STATEMENT OF THE LEFT BLOC |date=23 February 2022 |work=leftblock.org |publisher=[[Left Bloc (Russia)|Left Bloc]] |access-date=1 March 2022 |language=ru-RU |archive-date=1 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301150341/http://leftblock.org/2900 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Autonomous Action]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://avtonom.org/en/news/dusk-dawn-trends-order-and-chaos-episode-43-february-26 |title=The Dusk before Dawn |series=Trends of order and chaos |author=Listyev |work=[[Autonomous Action]] |date=27 February 2022 |access-date=2 March 2022 |translator=[[CrimethInc.]] |archive-date=27 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227090328/https://avtonom.org/en/news/dusk-dawn-trends-order-and-chaos-episode-43-february-26 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Ukrainian-born Russian politician and diplomat [[Natalia Poklonskaya]], who rose to prominence during [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|Russia's annexation of Crimea]], called the invasion a catastrophe, also adding "People are dying, houses and entire cities are destroyed [leaving] millions of refugees. Bodies and souls are mutilated. My heart is bursting with pain. My two native countries are killing each other, that's not what I wanted and it's not what I want". She also said that Ukraine's society has "changed" in the eight years since the [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|war in Donbas]] with pro-Russian separatists was ongoing and that Ukrainians "would not greet Russia with flowers". She also criticized the [[Z (military symbol)|Z]] military symbol. According to ''[[The Moscow Times]]'', Poklonskaya's break with Russia's official line that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a "[[special military operation]]" to "de-Nazify and demilitarize" Ukraine was practically unheard of for a sitting official.<ref name="themoscowtimesa77418">{{Cite web |date=20 April 2022 |title=Ex-Crimea Prosecutor Poklonskaya Slams Russia's Pro-War 'Z' Symbol |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/04/20/ex-crimea-prosecutor-poklonskaya-slams-russias-pro-war-z-symbol-a77418 |work=[[Moscow Times]] |access-date=2022-06-17  |archive-date=2022-06-20  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620180739/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/04/20/ex-crimea-prosecutor-poklonskaya-slams-russias-pro-war-z-symbol-a77418 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 23 May, Russian diplomat [[Boris Bondarev]] announced that he had resigned from his position in protest over the Russian invasion of Ukraine,<ref>{{cite news |title=115 Russian national guard soldiers sacked for refusing to fight in Ukraine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/27/115-russian-national-guard-soldiers-sacked-for-refusing-to-fight-in-ukraine |work=The Guardian |date=27 May 2022 |access-date=2022-05-29  |archive-date=2022-05-29  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529042846/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/27/115-russian-national-guard-soldiers-sacked-for-refusing-to-fight-in-ukraine |url-status=live }}</ref> referring to the invasion as an "aggressive war",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/23/ukraine-russia-invasion-live-updates/9888764002/|title='Ashamed' of war, Russian diplomat resigns|work=[[USA Today]]|date=23 May 2022|access-date=2022-05-29 |archive-date=2022-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526141102/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/23/ukraine-russia-invasion-live-updates/9888764002/|url-status=live}}</ref> saying that it was not only a crime against the Ukrainian people, but also "the most serious crime against the people of Russia, with a [[Z (military symbol)|bold letter Z]] crossing out all hopes and prospects for a prosperous free society in our country".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/boris-bondarev-ashamed-russian-diplomat-quits-chief-united-nations-role-over-putins-warmongering|first=Barbie Latza|last=Nadeau|title='Ashamed' Top Russian Diplomat Leaves United Nations Over Putin's 'Warmongering'|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|date=23 May 2022|access-date=2022-05-29 |archive-date=2022-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524141237/https://www.thedailybeast.com/boris-bondarev-ashamed-russian-diplomat-quits-chief-united-nations-role-over-putins-warmongering|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 9 September, seven council members from [[Smolninskoye Municipal Okrug|Smolninsky District]] Council in St. Petersburg passed a resolution which called on the [[State Duma]] to impeach president Putin for "high treason" due to his handling of the war in Ukraine. Subsequently, these council members have been arrested by police "due to actions aimed at discrediting the current Russian government." Dmitry Palyuga, a councillor, published a resolution on Twitter which accuse Putin of: "(1) the decimation of young able-bodied Russian men who would serve the workforce better than the military; (2) Russia's economic downturn and brain drain; (3) [[NATO]]'s [[Enlargement of NATO|expansion eastward]], including adding Finland and Sweden to "double" its border with Russia; (4) the opposite effect of the "special military operation" in Ukraine." Likewise, a similar resolution was debated and passed by Moscow's [[Lomonosovsky District, Moscow|Lomonosovsky District]] Council.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Mary |last=Ilyushina |date=9 September 2022 |title=Captured Russian Weapons Are Packed With U.S. Microchips |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/09/lawmakers-putin-impeachment-censure-war/ |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |access-date=18 September 2022 |archive-date=2022-09-14  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914234359/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/09/lawmakers-putin-impeachment-censure-war/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first1=Josh|last1=Pennington|first2=Ivana|last2=Kottasová|date=9 September 2022|title=Russian officials face fines after calling for 'impeachment' of President Putin|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/09/europe/russia-officials-fined-for-putin-impeachment-call-intl/index.html|website=CNN|language=en-US|access-date=18 September 2022|archive-date=2022-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922085151/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/09/europe/russia-officials-fined-for-putin-impeachment-call-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Statements 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.<ref name="Fortune">{{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 }}</ref> The comedian and television presenter [[Maxim Galkin]] and television comedian {{Ill|Alexander Gudkov|ru|Гудков, Александр Владимирович}} also condemned the war,<ref>{{cite web |author-first=Henry |author-last=Austin |author-first2=Jon |author-last2=Schuppe |title=Russians torn over Putin's invasion of Ukraine as thousands protest |website=[[NBC News]] |date=24 February 2022 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russians-torn-putins-invasion-ukraine-thousands-protest-rcna17542 |access-date=25 February 2022 |archive-date=25 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225112422/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russians-torn-putins-invasion-ukraine-thousands-protest-rcna17542 |url-status=live }}</ref> as did actress [[Chulpan Khamatova]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Russian Actress Chulpan Khamatova In Exile Following Criticism Of Ukraine War |website=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |date=21 March 2022 |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-actress-khamatova-exile-latvia/31763722.html |access-date=21 March 2022 |archive-date=2022-03-21  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321192615/https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-actress-khamatova-exile-latvia/31763722.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and actor [[Konstantin Khabensky]].<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ru:"Друзья, остановитесь, пока не поздно!": Константин Хабенский выступил против российской агрессии |url=https://nashreporter.com/ru/obschestvo/druzya-ostanovites-poka-ne-pozdno-konstantin-khabenskiy-vystupil-protiv-rossiyskoy |website=Наш Репортер |date=21 March 2022 |access-date=10 April 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=2022-04-11  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411192104/https://nashreporter.com/ru/obschestvo/druzya-ostanovites-poka-ne-pozdno-konstantin-khabenskiy-vystupil-protiv-rossiyskoy |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |author=[[France24]] |title=Russia's anti-war lobby goes online |website=france24.com |publisher=[[France24]] |date=26 February 2022 |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220226-russia-s-anti-war-lobby-goes-online |access-date=26 February 2022 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226201816/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220226-russia-s-anti-war-lobby-goes-online |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
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".<ref>{{cite news |author-first=Barney |author-last=Davis |title='No to War!' Russian celebrities risk Putin's wrath to condemn Ukraine invasion |newspaper=[[Evening Standard]] |date=24 February 2022 |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/russian-celebrities-condemn-ukraine-invasion-b984480.html |access-date=25 February 2022 |archive-date=25 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225112429/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/russian-celebrities-condemn-ukraine-invasion-b984480.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |author-first=Leah |author-last=Asmelash |title=Top Russian tennis stars speak out against war in Ukraine |website=[[CNN]] |date=25 February 2022 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/25/world/ukraine-daniil-medvedev-andrey-rublev-tennis-russia-cec-spt/index.html |access-date=26 February 2022 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226002847/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/25/world/ukraine-daniil-medvedev-andrey-rublev-tennis-russia-cec-spt/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The hip-hop artist [[Oxxxymiron]] cancelled upcoming shows and called for mass protest, calling the invasion "a crime and a catastrophe".<ref>{{cite web |author-first=Lila |author-last=MacLellan |title=A popular Russian rapper canceled shows and called for an antiwar movement |website=[[Quartz (website)|Quartz]] |date=25 February 2022 |url=https://qz.com/2133401/a-major-russian-rapper-canceled-shows-and-called-for-war-protests/ |access-date=25 February 2022 |archive-date=25 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225112419/https://qz.com/2133401/a-major-russian-rapper-canceled-shows-and-called-for-war-protests/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[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".<ref name="Fortune"/>
[[File:Oxxxymiron RAW Berlin asv2022-04 img10.jpg|thumb|Russian rapper [[Oxxxymiron]] announced a series of [[benefit concert]]s outside Russia, entitled ''Russians Against War'', the proceeds from which would be donated to NGOs helping [[2022 Ukrainian refugee crisis|Ukrainian refugees]].]]
Pianist and composer [[Evgeny Kissin]] described Russia's invasion as a crime that cannot be justified.<ref name="artists-invasion"/> The pianist [[Alexander Melnikov (pianist)|Alexander Melnikov]] said "I'm furious with [Putin's government] for making me feel guilty about being Russian."<ref name="artists-invasion"/> Pop singer [[Sergey Lazarev]] called for the war to stop.<ref>{{cite news |title=Russian artists speak out against the war in Ukraine |url=https://www.dw.com/en/russian-artists-speak-out-against-the-war-in-ukraine/a-60946690 |work=[[Deutsche Welle]] |date=28 February 2022 |access-date=2 March 2022 |archive-date=1 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301172527/https://www.dw.com/en/russian-artists-speak-out-against-the-war-in-ukraine/a-60946690 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 25 February, the ice hockey star [[Alex Ovechkin]], an ardent Putin supporter, made an ambiguous statement against the war without mentioning Ukraine or Russia.<ref>{{cite news |title=Russian athletes like Andrey Rublev and Alex Ovechkin speak out against war with Ukraine |website=[[ABC (Australia)|ABC]] |date=25 February 2022 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-26/andrey-rublev-alex-ovechkin-against-russian-war-with-ukraine/100863688 |access-date=26 February 2022 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226001933/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-26/andrey-rublev-alex-ovechkin-against-russian-war-with-ukraine/100863688 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 26 February, Georgian basketball player [[Tornike Shengelia]] announced he was prematurely terminating his contract with [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] "in protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine". Citing the club's historical links to the [[Red Army]], Shengelia said: "I do not consider it possible to continue playing for the Russian army club".<ref>{{cite news |title=Tornike Shengelia quitte le CSKA Moscou en réaction à l'invasion de l'Ukraine |trans-title=Tornike Shengelia leaves CSKA Moscow in response to Ukraine invasion |language=FR |newspaper=L'Equipe |date=26 February 2022 |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Basket/Actualites/Tornike-shengelia-quitte-le-cska-moscou-en-reaction-a-l-invasion-de-l-ukraine/1319392 |access-date=26 February 2022 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226201804/https://www.lequipe.fr/Basket/Actualites/Tornike-shengelia-quitte-le-cska-moscou-en-reaction-a-l-invasion-de-l-ukraine/1319392 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Liza Peskova, the daughter of Putin's spokesman [[Dmitry Peskov]], shared an image of the "No to war" hashtag on her Instagram story but then quickly deleted it and criticized the protests.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ru:Лиза Пескова сперва опубликовала пацифистский хештег, а затем удалила |url=https://www.fontanka.ru/2022/02/25/70471895/ |website=www.fontanka.ru |access-date=8 April 2022 |language=ru |date=25 February 2022 |archive-date=2022-03-20  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320172104/https://www.fontanka.ru/2022/02/25/70471895/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |script-title=ru:Дочь Пескова пожаловалась на санкции США, потому что теперь не может путешествовать |url=https://tsn.ua/ru/amp/ato/doch-peskova-pozhalovalas-na-sankcii-ssha-potomu-chto-teper-ne-mozhet-puteshestvovat-2014381.html |website=ТСН.ua |access-date=8 April 2022 |language=ru |date=20 March 2022 |archive-date=2022-03-20  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320093734/https://tsn.ua/ru/amp/ato/doch-peskova-pozhalovalas-na-sankcii-ssha-potomu-chto-teper-ne-mozhet-puteshestvovat-2014381.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Russia's richest billionaire, [[Mikhail Fridman]], called for the "bloodshed to end".<ref>{{cite news |title=Russian oligarchs call on Putin for peace – The Moscow Times |url=https://hindustannewshub.com/russia-ukraine-news/russian-oligarchs-call-on-putin-for-peace-the-moscow-times/ |work=Hindustan News Hub |date=27 February 2022 |access-date=27 February 2022 |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306022905/https://hindustannewshub.com/russia-ukraine-news/russian-oligarchs-call-on-putin-for-peace-the-moscow-times/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Another oligarch, [[Oleg Deripaska]], called for peace talks to begin "as fast as possible." An anonymous Russian billionaire told Reuters, "It is going to be catastrophic in all senses: for the economy, for relations with the rest of the world, for the political situation."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Faulconbridge |first1=Guy |last2=Belton |first2=Catherine |title=Two of Russia's billionaires call for peace in Ukraine |url=https://news.yahoo.com/war-dividing-russian-ukrainian-brothers-145051462.html |website=Reuters |access-date=28 February 2022 |date=27 February 2022 |archive-date=27 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227150712/https://news.yahoo.com/war-dividing-russian-ukrainian-brothers-145051462.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Russian billionaire and owner of the [[REN TV]] television network [[Alexei Mordashov]] spoke out against both the fighting and the economic fallout that has resulted from it. "It is terrible that Ukrainians and Russians are dying, people are suffering hardships, the economy is collapsing. We must do everything necessary so that a way out of this conflict is found in the very near future and the bloodshed stops in order to help the affected people restore normal life."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2022/02/28/more-russian-billionaires-speak-out-against-putins-war-on-ukraine-alexei-mordashov-oleg-deripaska-mikhail-fridman/?sh=12f5170f6ddd |title=More Russian Billionaires Speak Out Against Putin's War On Ukraine |work=[[Forbes]] |date=2 March 2022 |access-date=2 March 2022 |archive-date=17 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317142848/https://gum.criteo.com/syncframe?origin=publishertag&topUrl=www.forbes.com |url-status=live }}</ref>

By 27 February, several prominent Russian public figures living in exile had organized the [[Anti-War Committee of Russia]]. The group issued a statement denouncing the war and calling on "patriots of Russia to consolidate against the aggressive dictatorship of Vladimir Putin."<ref>{{cite news |author=RFE/RL's Russian Service |title=Group Of Exiled Russian Public Figures Creates Anti-War Committee |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/31727940.html |access-date=26 March 2022 |work=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325171819/https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-exiles-anti-war-committee/31727940.html |archive-date=25 March 2022}}</ref>

[[Mikhail Shishkin (writer)|Mikhail Shishkin]], winner of the 2000 [[Russian Booker Prize]], wrote on ''[[The Guardian]]'' that "Putin is committing monstrous crimes in the name of my people, my country, and me" and saying that "in Putin's Russia it's impossible to breathe. The stench from the policeman's boot is too strong."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/07/russians-ukrainians-putin-army-freedom-mikhail-shishkin |title=My dear Russians – the Ukrainians are fighting Putin's army for their freedom, and ours |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=7 March 2022 |access-date=7 March 2022 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308082520/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/07/russians-ukrainians-putin-army-freedom-mikhail-shishkin |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:RockUznik 2013-09-22 7254.jpg|thumb|Russian rock singer [[Yuri Shevchuk]] was prosecuted after speaking out against the war in Ukraine at a concert in [[Ufa]].]]
Actor [[Danila Kozlovsky]] posted several Instagram posts condemning the war, sharing an image of a crying refugee and using the "''Нет войне!''"-hashtag. In a post on 27 February, Kozlovsky admitted to and apologized for his indifference to Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CaWyn_0oL3V/ |title=CaWyn_0oL3V |work=www.instagram.com |access-date=13 March 2022}}{{clarify|reason=proper title required|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Caebb59oVHK/ |title=Caebb59oVHK |work=www.instagram.com |access-date=13 March 2022}}{{clarify|reason=proper title required|date=March 2022}}</ref>

[[Timur Bekmambetov]], director of hits such as ''[[Night Watch (2004 film)|Night Watch]]'', condemned the invasion in an interview with [[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]. Unconfirmed reports states that Bekmambetov (who is based in [[Los Angeles]]) and his family had cut ties with Russia completely, following the sale his production company [[Bazelevs Company]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Tom |last=Grater |date=10 March 2010 |title=Russian-Kazakh Filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov Condemns Ukraine Invasion, Sets Documentary 'DWW1' About Digital Side Of The War |url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/russian-kazakh-filmmaker-timur-bekmambetov-condemns-ukraine-invasion-documentary-dww1-digital-side-war-1234975160/ |website=The Russians are coming! |access-date=2023-01-02  |archive-date=2023-01-02  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102214135/https://deadline.com/2022/03/russian-kazakh-filmmaker-timur-bekmambetov-condemns-ukraine-invasion-documentary-dww1-digital-side-war-1234975160/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>"Бекмамбетов продал российскую часть своей киностудии". tass.ru. 2022-12-22.</ref>

On 21 March, rock musician [[Zemfira]] released an anti-war music video to her 2017 song "Don't Shoot", while also removing all of her other songs from her [[YouTube]] channel. The video contained footage of Russia's military assault on Ukraine and of anti-war protests in Moscow.<ref>{{cite web |title=Russian Rock Star Zemfira Releases Anti-War Music Video |website=[[The Moscow Times]] |date=21 March 2022 |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/21/russian-rock-star-zemfira-releases-anti-war-music-video-a76998 |access-date=21 March 2022 |archive-date=2022-03-21  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321173853/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/21/russian-rock-star-zemfira-releases-anti-war-music-video-a76998 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In May 2022, rock singer [[Yuri Shevchuk]] was prosecuted after speaking out against Putin and the war in Ukraine at a concert in [[Ufa]]. He said that "people of Ukraine are being murdered" and "our boys are dying over there" due to "some Napoleonic plans of another Caesar of ours".<ref name="shevchuk">{{cite news |title=Russians defiantly shout 'f**k the war' at concert in St Petersburg |url=https://www.indy100.com/viral/russians-fuck-war-st-petersberg |work=The Independent |date=23 May 2022 |access-date=2022-06-02  |archive-date=2022-05-30  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530234317/https://www.indy100.com/viral/russians-fuck-war-st-petersberg |url-status=live }}</ref> In September, singer [[Alla Pugacheva]] spoke out against the invasion, writing that Russians were dying in Ukraine for "illusory goals", and that the invasion was "turning our country into a pariah and worsening the lives of our citizens."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Troianovski |first=Anton |date=2022-09-18 |title=Russian Pop Music Icon Comes Out Against the War in Ukraine |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/18/world/europe/alla-pugacheva-ukraine.html |url-status=live |access-date=2022-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918171025/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/18/world/europe/alla-pugacheva-ukraine.html |archive-date=18 September 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In October 2022, Russian actor [[Artur Smolyaninov]] was charged for "discrediting" the Russian military – that was after his anti-war statements and after he had left Russia. He commented; "The laws of this state do not exist for me. They, like the state itself, are inherently criminal, which means they have neither moral nor legal force."<ref>[https://meduza.io/news/2022/10/17/na-aktera-artura-smolyaninova-sostavili-protokol-o-diskreditatsii-armii-nedavno-on-dal-intervyu-meduze На актера Артура Смольянинова составили протокол о «дискредитации» армии. Недавно он дал интервью «Медузе»], ''[[Meduza]]'', 17 October 2022.</ref> In January 2023, a [[United Russia]] deputy from the [[State Duma]], [[Biysultan Khamzaev]], said: "I will appeal to the Investigative Committee to open a criminal case against this traitor."<ref>{{cite news |title=State Duma deputy promises to have actor Artur Smolyaninov investigated |url=https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/01/08/state-duma-deputy-promises-to-have-actor-artur-smolyaninov-investigated |work=[[Meduza]] |date=8 January 2023}}</ref>

===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".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.moypolk.ru/news/bessmertnyy-polk-prisoedinyaetsya-k-obrashcheniyu-rossiyskih-nko |title=НОВОСТИ ДВИЖЕНИЯ Бессмертный полк присоединяется к обращению российских НКО о прекращении войны |trans-title=MOVEMENT NEWS The Immortal Regiment joins the appeal of Russian NGOs to end the war |date=26 February 2022 |access-date=2 March 2022 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226111615/https://www.moypolk.ru/news/bessmertnyy-polk-prisoedinyaetsya-k-obrashcheniyu-rossiyskih-nko |url-status=live }}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web|date=2 March 2022 |title='Just a sea of tears': the group helping anxious mothers of Russian soldiers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/02/russian-soldiers-mothers-committee-ukraine |author-last=Sauer |author-first=Pjotr |access-date=3 March 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306141207/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/02/russian-soldiers-mothers-committee-ukraine |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[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."<ref>{{cite web |date=24 February 2022 |title=We demand an immediate end to military actions |url=https://www.memo.ru/en-us/memorial/departments/intermemorial/news/688 |author-last= |author-first= |access-date=26 February 2022 |work=[[Memorial International]] |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226110122/https://www.memo.ru/en-us/memorial/departments/intermemorial/news/688 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/03/03/ukraine-russia-latest-news-putin-war-nato-live-updates/ |title=Russia-Ukraine latest news: Kremlin forces open fire near Europe's largest nuclear power plant |date=3 March 2022 |work=www.telegraph.co.uk |publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=3 March 2022 |archive-date=4 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304221259/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/03/03/ukraine-russia-latest-news-putin-war-nato-live-updates/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Censorship and repression==
A spokesperson for the United Nations condemned the "arbitrary arrests" of protestors, and called for their immediate release.<ref>{{cite news |title=UN condemns arrest of more than 1,800 Russian anti-war protesters |newspaper=[[The Times of Israel]] |date=15 February 2022 |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-condemns-arrest-of-more-than-1800-anti-war-russian-protesters/ |access-date=25 February 2022 |archive-date=25 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225111707/https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-condemns-arrest-of-more-than-1800-anti-war-russian-protesters/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web|date=8 March 2022 |title=U.N. rights boss decries clampdown, arrests of anti-war protesters in Russia |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/un-rights-boss-decries-clampdown-arrests-anti-war-protesters-russia-2022-03-08/ |author-last= |author-first= |access-date=8 March 2022 |work=[[Reuters]] |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309005149/https://www.reuters.com/world/un-rights-boss-decries-clampdown-arrests-anti-war-protesters-russia-2022-03-08/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

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."<ref>{{cite web|date=26 February 2022 |title=Russia: Arbitrary Detentions of Anti-War Protesters |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/02/26/russia-arbitrary-detentions-anti-war-protesters |author-last= |author-first= |access-date=26 February 2022 |work=[[Human Rights Watch]] |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226201801/https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/02/26/russia-arbitrary-detentions-anti-war-protesters |url-status=live}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web|date=4 March 2022 |title=Russia: With War, Censorship Reaches New Heights |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/03/04/russia-war-censorship-reaches-new-heights |author-last= |author-first= |access-date=4 March 2022 |work=[[Human Rights Watch]] |archive-date=17 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317142849/https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/03/04/russia-war-censorship-reaches-new-heights |url-status=live}}</ref> [[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."<ref>{{cite web|date=28 February 2022 |title=Russia: Kremlin censors media and disperses protesters opposed to Ukraine invasion |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/02/russia-kremlin-censors-media-and-disperses-protesters-opposed-to-ukraine-invasion/ |author-last= |author-first= |access-date=3 March 2022 |work=[[Amnesty International]] |archive-date=28 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228184757/https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/02/russia-kremlin-censors-media-and-disperses-protesters-opposed-to-ukraine-invasion/ |url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |date=2 March 2022 |title=Human rights group: "serious crackdown" in Russia |url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/human-rights-group-serious-crackdown-in-russia |author-last=Ascarelli |author-first=Brett |access-date=4 March 2022 |work=[[Radio Sweden]] |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305094614/https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/human-rights-group-serious-crackdown-in-russia |url-status=live }}</ref>

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."<ref>{{cite web|date=4 March 2022 |title=Joint Letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in Russia |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/03/04/joint-letter-united-nations-human-rights-council-human-rights-situation-russia |author-last=|author-first= |access-date=4 March 2022 |work=[[Human Rights Watch]] |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305094647/https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/03/04/joint-letter-united-nations-human-rights-council-human-rights-situation-russia |url-status=live}}</ref>

Russia's interior ministry justified the arrests due to the "coronavirus restrictions, including on public events" that remained in place.<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Luhn |first=Alec |user=ASLuhn |number=1496869020372398080 |date=24 February 2022 |title=Russia's interior ministry tells TV viewers to 'refrain from unsanctioned protests' or they'll be 'arrested brought to responsibility.' That's because there are 'coronavirus restrictions, including on public events.' Not because of calls to protest the war or anything |access-date=2 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224234606/https://twitter.com/ASLuhn/status/1496869020372398080 |archive-date=24 February 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Russian authorities warned Russians of legal repercussions for joining anti-war protests.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ukraine attack: Hundreds arrested in anti-war protests in Russia |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/24/ukraine-crisis-hundreds-detained-in-anti-war-protests-in-russia |publisher=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] |date=24 February 2022 |access-date=27 February 2022 |archive-date=24 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224224755/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/24/ukraine-crisis-hundreds-detained-in-anti-war-protests-in-russia |url-status=live }}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/world/in-a-chilling-threat-putin-vows-to-rid-russia-of-traitors |title=In a chilling threat, Putin vows to rid Russia of 'traitors' |author=[[Bloomberg News]] |work=[[National Post]] |date=17 March 2022}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Radziwinowicz |first=Wacław |date=28 January 2024 |title=Moskiewska rewolucja kulturalna. Ścigany Akunin, Sorokin i inni |url=https://wyborcza.pl/7,75399,30639582,moskiewska-rewolucja-kulturalna-scigany-akunin-sorokin-i-inni.html |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=wyborcza.pl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-01-13 |title=Boris Akunin: Russia designates author 'foreign agent' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67968534 |access-date=2024-01-29 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

===War censorship and fake news laws===
{{main|Russian 2022 war censorship laws}}

On 1 March, the Moscow radio station [[Echo of Moscow]],<ref>{{cite web |first=Aliide |last=Naylor |title=The Censor's Curtain Falls on Russia |date=3 March 2022 |url=https://cepa.org/the-censors-curtain-falls-on-russia/ |access-date=4 March 2022 |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306022542/https://cepa.org/the-censors-curtain-falls-on-russia/ |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as the independent channel [[TV Rain]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/russian-tv-channel-says-it-is-temporarily-halting-work-2022-03-03/|title=Russian TV channel says it is temporarily halting work |date=3 March 2022 |publisher=[[Reuters]] |access-date=4 March 2022 |quote=Dozhd (Rain) is temporarily halting its work |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305094317/https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/russian-tv-channel-says-it-is-temporarily-halting-work-2022-03-03/ |url-status=live}}</ref> was forced off air for having aired opposition to the war.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/825574 |title=Венедиктов сообщил, что "Эхо Москвы" отключено от эфира |trans-title=Venediktov said that "Echo of Moscow" is off the air |website=[[Interfax]] |date=1 March 2022 |access-date=4 March 2022 |archive-date=1 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301192426/https://www.interfax.ru/russia/825574 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/825567 |title=Генпрокуратура потребовала ограничить доступ к "Эху Москвы" и "Дождю" |trans-title=The Prosecutor General's Office demanded to restrict access to "Echo of Moscow" and "Rain" |website=[[Interfax]] |date=1 March 2022 |access-date=4 March 2022|archive-date=1 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301174707/https://www.interfax.ru/russia/825567 |url-status=live}}</ref> After completing their final broadcast, TV Rain put on a loop of ''[[Swan Lake]]'', echoing the efforts of Soviet authorities to bury bad news, including the [[1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt|1991 attempted coup d'état]] as the USSR was breaking up.<ref>{{cite web |author-first=Amy |author-last=Goodman |author-first2=Vladimir |author-last2=Slivyak |title=Russian Environmentalist Speaks Out on Putin's Attack on Antiwar Protesters & Independent Media |website=[[Democracy Now]]! |date=4 March 2022 |url=https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/4/russia_antiwar_protests_protesters_crackdown_ukraine |access-date=5 March 2022 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305094317/https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/4/russia_antiwar_protests_protesters_crackdown_ukraine |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 4 March, the Russian parliament passed a law aimed at stifling reporting and opposition to the war which punishes citizens with up to 15 years in jail for spreading "fake information" about the Russian military and its operations.<ref>{{cite web |author-first=Courtney |author-last=Subramanian |author-first2=Anna |author-last2=Nemtsova |title=In Russia, thousands defy police threats to protest the invasion of Ukraine. Can it make a difference? |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/03/04/russia-ukraine-war-protests/9351061002/ |work=[[USA Today]] |access-date=4 March 2022 |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306024714/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/03/04/russia-ukraine-war-protests/9351061002/?gnt-cfr=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> This law also makes it illegal "to make calls against the use of Russian troops to protect the interests of Russia" or "for discrediting such use" with a penalty possible of up to three years in prison. The same provision applies to calls for sanctions against Russia.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=4 March 2022 |title=Russian Lawmakers OK Bill On 'False News' About Military Operations, In Further Curb On Media |magazine=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-fake-news-military-invasion-independent-media/31735798.html |url-status=live |access-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304115038/https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-fake-news-military-invasion-independent-media/31735798.html |archive-date=4 March 2022}}</ref> This law effectively criminalizes any public opposition to or independent news reporting about the war against Ukraine and could make it a crime to simply call the war a "war" — the Kremlin says it is a "special military operation" — on social media or in a news article or broadcast.<ref>{{cite news |last=Troianovski |first=Anton |date=4 March 2022 |title=Russia Takes Censorship to New Extremes, Stifling War Coverage |magazine=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/04/world/europe/russia-censorship-media-crackdown.html |url-status=live |access-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305091221/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/04/world/europe/russia-censorship-media-crackdown.html |archive-date=5 March 2022}}</ref> Later that day, Putin signed the bill into law; he also signed into law a bill that would allow fines or prison sentences of up to 3 years for those calling for sanctions.<ref>{{cite web |date=4 March 2022 |title=Putin Signs Law Introducing Jail Terms for 'Fake News' on Army |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/04/putin-signs-law-introducing-jail-terms-for-fake-news-on-army-a76768 |website=[[The Moscow Times]] |access-date=7 March 2022 |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306232328/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/04/putin-signs-law-introducing-jail-terms-for-fake-news-on-army-a76768 |url-status=live }}</ref> On the same day, independent newspaper ''[[Novaya Gazeta]]'' announced that it was pulling all material related to the war from its website, saying that military censorship "has moved to the threat of criminal prosecution of both journalists and citizens who spread information about military hostilities that is different from the press releases of the [[Ministry of Defence (Russia)|Ministry of Defence]]."<ref>{{cite web |author-last= |author-first= |date=4 March 2022 |title=Russia's Novaya Gazeta cuts Ukraine war reporting under censorship |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/russias-novaya-gazeta-cuts-ukraine-war-reporting-under-censorship-2022-03-04/ |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=[[Reuters]] |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305151515/https://www.reuters.com/world/russias-novaya-gazeta-cuts-ukraine-war-reporting-under-censorship-2022-03-04/ |url-status=live }}</ref> That same day, [[Yekaterinburg]]-based independent news outlet [[Znak.com]] announced that it would be suspending its operations due to political repression.<ref>{{cite web |author-last= |author-first= |date=4 March 2022 |title=Russian online media outlet Znak.com announces closure |url=https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/75454/ |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=[[Interfax]] |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306023200/https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/75454/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

That same week, Russian telecom regulator [[Roskomnadzor]] restricted access to social media websites Facebook and Twitter, as well as a number of international news organisations, including the [[BBC]], German public broadcaster [[Deutsche Welle]], American broadcasters [[Voice of America]] and [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]], Ukrainian newspaper [[Svoboda (newspaper)|Svoboda]], and Latvian news website [[Meduza]].<ref>{{cite web|date=4 March 2022 |title=Russia restricts access to several Western media websites |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/4/russia-restricts-access-to-several-western-media-websites |author-last= |author-first= |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al-Jazeera]] |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306023326/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/4/russia-restricts-access-to-several-western-media-websites |url-status=live}}</ref> A number of other international news organisations suspended operations in Russia due to potential threats to their journalists, including ABC, [[Bloomberg News]], [[CBC/Radio-Canada]], [[CBS News]], and [[CNN]], with Bloomberg editor-in-chief [[John Micklethwait]] stating that "the change to the criminal code, which seems designed to turn any independent reporter into a criminal purely by association, makes it impossible to continue any semblance of normal journalism inside the country."<ref>{{cite web|date=5 March 2022 |title=Russia-Ukraine war: CNN, Bloomberg suspend work in Moscow |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/5/russia-ukraine-war-cnn-bloomberg-suspend-work-in-moscow |author-last= |author-first= |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al-Jazeera]] |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305080540/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/5/russia-ukraine-war-cnn-bloomberg-suspend-work-in-moscow |url-status=live}}</ref> On 6 March, Roskomnadzor restricted access to [[Mediazona]], demanding that the website close itself down. Mediazona defiantly promised to continue, providing tips to evade censorship.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ru:"Медиазону" заблокировали за освещение войны. Заявление редакции — и наши планы |trans-title=Mediazona was blocked for covering the war. Editorial statement – and our plans |language=ru |date=6 March 2022 |url=https://zona.media/article/2022/03/06/mz-blocked |access-date=6 March 2022 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308085822/https://zona.media/article/2022/03/06/mz-blocked |url-status=live }}</ref> On 11 March, Roskomnadzor blocked the websites of [[Amnesty International]] as well as that of Russian election monitoring group [[Golos (election monitor)|Golos]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Russia: Authorities block Amnesty International's Russian-language website |date=11 March 2022 |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/03/russia-authorities-block-amnesty-internationals-russian-language-website/ |website=[[Amnesty International]] |access-date=11 March 2022 |archive-date=13 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313075225/https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/03/russia-authorities-block-amnesty-internationals-russian-language-website/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Vladimir Vladimirovich Kara-Murza.jpg|thumb|left|Russian opposition politician [[Vladimir Kara-Murza]] was arrested after criticizing the war in Ukraine]] 
According to the news website [[Agentstvo]], over 150 journalists left Russia by 7 March since Putin signed the bill into law.<ref>{{cite web |date=7 March 2022 |title=Over 150 Journalists Flee Russia Amid Wartime Crackdown On Free Press – Reports |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/07/over-150-journalists-flee-russia-amid-wartime-crackdown-on-free-press-reports-a76809 |website=The Moscow Times |access-date=7 March 2022 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308225548/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/07/over-150-journalists-flee-russia-amid-wartime-crackdown-on-free-press-reports-a76809 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Reporters Without Borders]] has called the law "the final blow [that] completed the destruction of Russia's independent media."<ref>{{cite web |title=War in Ukraine: Putin delivers the final blow to Russia's independent media |url=https://rsf.org/en/news/war-ukraine-putin-delivers-final-blow-russias-independent-media |website=[[Reporters Without Borders]] |access-date=20 March 2022 |date=5 March 2022}}</ref>

On 16 March, Russian socialite and food blogger [[Veronika Belotserkovskaya]] became the first individual [[Criminal charge|charged]] under Russia's new [[Russian fake news laws|"false information" law]]. On 22 March, Russian journalist [[Alexander Nevzorov]] was charged after he published information that Russian forces had [[Mariupol hospital airstrike|shelled]] a maternity hospital in [[Mariupol]];<ref>{{cite news |last=Sage |first=Adam |title=Russian celebrity chef faces jail over Ukraine comments |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russian-celebrity-chef-faces-jail-over-ukraine-comments-p0svp8g87 |access-date=10 April 2022 |work=[[The Times]] |date=17 March 2022}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |agency=Reuters |title=Top Russian Journalist Defiant in Face of Fake News Investigation |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/top-russian-journalist-defiant-in-face-of-fake-news-investigation-/6497836.html |access-date=10 April 2022 |work=[[Voice of America]] |date=23 March 2022}}</ref> he later fled Russia where he received Ukrainian citizenship and was sentenced to arrest in absentia after a court said his posts contained "deliberately false" information.<ref name="tmt-nevzorov">{{cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/06/03/russian-journalist-kremlin-critic-granted-ukrainian-citizenship-a77887|title=Russian Journalist, Kremlin Critic Granted Ukrainian Citizenship|website=[[The Moscow Times]]|date=3 June 2022}}</ref> On 25 March, Russian journalist Izabella Yevloyeva was charged under the "fakes law" after sharing a post on social media that described the "Z" symbol as being "synonymous with aggression, death, pain and shameless manipulation".<ref>{{cite news |title=Russia: Authorities launch witch-hunt to catch anyone sharing anti-war views |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/03/russia-authorities-launch-witch-hunt-to-catch-anyone-sharing-anti-war-views/ |access-date=10 April 2022 |work=[[Amnesty International]] |date=30 March 2022}}</ref>

Sergei Klokov, a Moscow policeman with Ukrainian roots, who is originally from [[Bucha, Kyiv Oblast]], was arrested after he told colleagues what he had heard from his father and Ukrainian family friends about the Russian invasion.<ref>{{cite news |title=He Worked for Moscow's Police for Nearly 20 Years. Then He Spoke Up About the Ukraine War |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/he-worked-for-moscows-police-for-nearly-20-years-then-he-spoke-up-about-the-ukraine-war-11650533400 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=21 April 2022}}</ref>

According to OVD-Info, over 400 people were detained or fined by April under the laws prohibiting "fake" information about the military.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stewart |first1=Briar |title=New laws aim to crush even mild forms of protest in Russia |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/laws-dissent-russia-1.6421137 |website=[[CBC.ca]] |access-date=20 April 2022 |date=16 April 2022}}</ref> The use of fake messages was claimed to have been used by Russian authorities by at least one Russian anti-war protestor. He claimed that shortly after he was released from detention strange anti-war messages appeared on his phone, and had feared the messages were an attempt to incriminate him before he could leave the country.<ref name=":0" />

More than 2,000 people were detained or fined by May 2022 under the laws prohibiting "fake" information about the military.<ref>{{cite news |title=Video shows defiant Russian audience chanting 'fuck the war' at St Petersburg concert |url=https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/video-shows-defiant-russian-audience-chanting-fuck-the-war-at-st-petersburg-concert/vqj7s2q |work=Business Insider |date=23 May 2022}}</ref> By early June, 53 criminal cases had been opened.<ref name="tmt-nevzorov"/>

In July 2022, {{Interlanguage link|Alexey Gorinov|ru|Горинов, Алексей Александрович}}, a member of the [[Krasnoselsky District, Moscow|Krasnoselsky district council]] in Moscow, was sentenced to seven years in prison after making anti-war comments at a council meeting in March, including stating that Russia was waging a war of aggression against Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moscow-city-councillor-gets-seven-years-jail-anti-war-comment-2022-07-08/|title=Moscow city councillor gets seven years' jail for anti-war comment|website=[[Reuters]]|date=8 July 2022}}</ref> Lawyer [[Pavel Chikov]] said that this was the first jail term under the new law.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62092196|title=Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow politician gets 7 years for denouncing war|website=[[BBC News]]|date=8 July 2022}}</ref>
[[File:Artur Smolyaninov at football.jpg|thumb|upright|Russian actor [[Artur Smolyaninov]], known for his roles in ''[[The 9th Company]]'' and ''[[AK-47 (2020 film)|AK-47]]'', was charged for "discrediting" the Russian military]]
In August 2022, the former mayor of Yekaterinburg, [[Yevgeny Roizman]], was detained by police where he said he was being charged with "discrediting" the military.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/24/world/europe/yevgeny-roizman-arrest.html|title=A prominent Russian critic of the war is detained after speaking out|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=24 August 2022}}</ref> Roizman was previously fined three times under the same law.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/08/24/russian-opposition-figure-roizman-detained-for-criticism-of-ukraine-invasion-a78642|title=Russian Opposition Figure Roizman Detained for Criticizing Ukraine Invasion|website=[[The Moscow Times]]|date=24 August 2022}}</ref>

According to OVD-Info, the total number of people detained across Russia after six months is around 16,500, with over 3,800 being charged with offenses that carry fines, and at least 224 facing criminal prosecution.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/08/24/six-months-in-16500-detained-in-russia-for-war-opposition-rights-group-a78645|title=Six months in, 16,500 Detained in Russia For War Opposition – Rights Group|website=[[The Moscow Times]]|date=24 August 2022}}</ref>

In December 2022, a Moscow court sentenced opposition politician [[Ilya Yashin]] to eight years and six months imprisonment for his statements about the circumstances of the [[Bucha massacre|killings in Bucha]] on charges of "spreading false information" about the armed forces.<ref>{{Citation | vauthors=((Hopkins, V.)) | date=December 9, 2022 |website=The New York Times |title=Russia Finds a War Critic Guilty of 'Spreading False Information' | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/world/europe/russia-ilya-yashin-court.html | access-date=10 December 2022}}</ref> His punishment was the harshest given under the new laws.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/12/09/kremlin-critic-yashin-given-85-years-in-jail-for-bucha-massacre-claims-a79652|title=Kremlin Critic Yashin Given 8.5 Years in Jail for Bucha Massacre Claims|website=[[The Moscow Times]]|date=9 December 2022}}</ref> Later in December, a court sentenced a worker, Vladimir Rumyantsev, from [[Vologda]], to three years in prison after it found him guilty of broadcasting "false information" about the armed forces that was "full of hatred" on social media, including "false" accusations of robberies, killings and violence against civilians; the prosecutor had sought a prison term of six years. OVD-Info said that over 380 others were on trial for similar charges.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/12/23/russia-jails-man-for-3-years-over-ukraine-remarks-a79786|title=Russia Jails Man for 3 Years Over Ukraine Remarks|website=[[The Moscow Times]]|date=23 December 2022}}</ref>

In January 2023, an opposition deputy of the [[Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly]], Boris Vishnevsky, as well as a former deputy, Maksim Reznik, were charged with discrediting the armed forces over "materials about the city of Bucha" and a "large number of killed civilians".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/01/09/na-borisa-vishnevskogo-i-maksima-reznika-sostavili-protokoly-o-diskreditatsii-rossiiskoi-armii-news|title=На Бориса Вишневского и Максима Резника составили протоколы о "дискредитации" российской армии|website=Novaya Gazeta Europe|date=9 January 2023}}</ref>

In March 2023, a new law was signed establishing criminal liability for "discrediting" and spreading "fakes" against mercenaries and volunteers fighting for Russia. Article 280.3 ("discrediting") was amended to increase the maximum prison term from five years to seven years. Article 207.3 ("fakes") was amended to increase terms from three years to five years under the first part of the law, with the second and third parts remaining unchanged, at 10 and 15 years, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mk.ru/politics/2023/03/18/putin-podpisal-zakon-o-feykakh-i-diskreditacii-dobrovolcev-svo.html|title=Путин подписал закон о фейках и дискредитации добровольцев СВО|website=mk.ru|date=18 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/2023/03/18/967097-putin-podpisal|title=Путин подписал закон о наказании за фейки об участниках военной операции|newspaper=Ведомости|date=18 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.currenttime.tv/a/putin-zakon-diskreditatsiya-naemnikov/32323982.html|title=Путин подписал закон о наказании до 7 лет колонии за "дискредитацию" всех участников войны в Украине, в том числе наемников ЧВК "Вагнер"|website=currenttime.tv|date=18 March 2023}}</ref>

===Reprisals===
''[[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."<ref>{{cite web |date=3 March 2022 |title=She Signed an Open Letter Calling for Peace. Then Got Fired. |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/03/she-signed-an-open-letter-calling-for-peace-then-got-fired-a76728 |author-last=Cordell |author-first=Jake |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=[[The Moscow Times]] |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305094445/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/03/she-signed-an-open-letter-calling-for-peace-then-got-fired-a76728 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] has reported that students in some universities have been threatened with expulsion over acts of anti-war protest.<ref>{{cite web |date=3 March 2022 |title=Putin's War At Home: Russian Government Pushes Hard To Enforce Total Unanimity On Ukraine War |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-ukraine-war-russian-public-opinion/31734536.html |author-last=Coalson |author-first=Robert |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306025337/https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-ukraine-war-russian-public-opinion/31734536.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In early March, the student union of [[Saint Petersburg State University]] reported that the university has expelled at least 13 students for taking part in anti-war protests.<ref>{{cite web |date=9 March 2022 |title=Russia's Oldest University to Expel Students Detained at Anti-War Protests – Kommersant |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/09/russias-oldest-university-to-expel-students-detained-at-anti-war-protests-kommersant-a76838 |author-last=|author-first= |access-date=20 March 2022 |work=[[The Moscow Times]]}}</ref>

A number of anti-war activists and independent journalists in Russia have had their homes targeted with vandalism since the beginning of the invasion, including having manure and messages calling them traitors left outside their doors.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vandals Attack Homes of Prominent Anti-War Russian Activists |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/25/vandals-attack-homes-of-prominent-anti-war-russian-activists-a77083 |website=The Moscow Times |access-date=25 March 2022 |date=25 March 2022}}</ref> The [[Z (military symbol)|Z symbol]], which has achieved prominence in Russian popular culture as a symbol of support for the war, in part through state promotion of the symbol, has also been used to graffiti the homes of several anti-war activists.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sauer |first=Pjotr |title=Why has the letter Z become the symbol of war for Russia? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/07/why-has-the-letter-z-become-the-symbol-of-war-for-russia |website=The Guardian |access-date=7 March 2022 |date=7 March 2022 |archive-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307165610/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/07/why-has-the-letter-z-become-the-symbol-of-war-for-russia |url-status=live }}</ref> Film critic [[Anton Dolin (film critic)|Anton Dolin]], among those targeted with the symbol, described it as a threat, stating that "The purpose of this is clear: we know where your family lives, beware."<ref>{{cite web|date=8 March 2022 |title=Why has 'Z' been embraced by supporters of Russia's Ukraine war? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/8/why-has-z-been-embraced-by-supporters-of-russias-ukraine-war |author-last= |author-first= |access-date=8 March 2022 |work=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]] |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309061645/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/8/why-has-z-been-embraced-by-supporters-of-russias-ukraine-war |url-status=live}}</ref>

According to ''The Moscow Times'', Russian authorities and pro-government figures have actively encouraged reporting other citizens, including friends and family, for "anti-Russian" activities including anti-war statements.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/06/30/russians-urged-to-snitch-on-ukraine-war-critics-in-return-to-soviet-style-denunciations-a78024|title=Russians Urged to Snitch on Ukraine War Critics in Return to Soviet-Style Denunciations|website=The Moscow Times|date=1 July 2022}}</ref>

===Mass arrests===
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The recorded number of anti-war protestors arrested by day according to [[OVD-Info]] is:
* 24 February: 1,965<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2022/02/25/net-voyne-itogi-akcii-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-24-fevralya |script-title=ru:"Нет войне": итоги акции против войны с Украиной 24 февраля |language=ru |trans-title="No to war": the results of the action against the war with Ukraine on February 24 |website=[[OVD-Info]] |access-date=27 February 2022 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226201832/https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2022/02/25/net-voyne-itogi-akcii-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-24-fevralya |url-status=live}}</ref> 
* 25 February: 643<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ovd.news/news/2022/02/25/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciey-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-25-fevralya-2022-goda |script-title=ru:Списки задержанных в связи с акцией против войны с Украиной 25 февраля 2022 года |language=ru |trans-title=Lists of those detained in connection with the action against the war with Ukraine on February 25, 2022 |website=[[OVD-Info]] |access-date=27 February 2022 |archive-date=27 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227175556/https://ovd.news/news/2022/02/25/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciey-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-25-fevralya-2022-goda |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 26 February: 533<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ovd.news/news/2022/02/26/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-26-fevralya-2022 |script-title=ru:Списки задержанных в связи с акциями против войны с Украиной 26 февраля 2022 года |language=ru |trans-title=Lists of detainees in connection with actions against the war with Ukraine on February 26, 2022 |website=[[OVD-Info]] |access-date=27 February 2022 |archive-date=27 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227175534/https://ovd.news/news/2022/02/26/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-26-fevralya-2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 27 February: 2,857<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ovd.news/news/2022/02/27/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-27-fevralya-2022 |script-title=ru:Списки задержанных в связи с акциями против войны с Украиной 27 февраля 2022 года |language=ru |trans-title=Lists of detainees in connection with actions against the war with Ukraine on February 27, 2022 |website=[[OVD-Info]] |access-date=2 March 2022 |archive-date=27 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227175459/https://ovd.news/news/2022/02/27/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-27-fevralya-2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 28 February: 516<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ovd.news/news/2022/02/28/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-28-fevralya-2022 |script-title=ru:Списки задержанных в связи с акциями против войны с Украиной 28 февраля 2022 года |language=ru |trans-title=Lists of detainees in connection with actions against the war with Ukraine on February 28, 2022 |website=[[OVD-Info]] |access-date=28 February 2022 |archive-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228204018/https://ovd.news/news/2022/02/28/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-28-fevralya-2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1 March: 329<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/01/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-1-marta-2022-goda |script-title=ru:Списки задержанных в связи с акциями против войны с Украиной 1 марта 2022 года |language=ru |trans-title=Lists of detainees in connection with actions against the war with Ukraine on March 1, 2022 |website=[[OVD-Info]] |access-date=2 March 2022 |archive-date=1 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301164654/https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/01/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-1-marta-2022-goda |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2 March: 852<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/02/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-2-marta-2022-goda |script-title=ru:Списки задержанных в связи с акциями против войны с Украиной 2 марта 2022 года |language=ru |trans-title=Lists of detainees in connection with actions against the war with Ukraine on March 2, 2022 |website=[[OVD-Info]] |access-date=2 March 2022 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305094005/https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/02/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-2-marta-2022-goda |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 3 March: 498<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2022/03/03/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-3-marta-2022 |script-title=ru:Списки задержанных в связи с акциями против войны с Украиной 3 марта 2022 года |language=ru |trans-title=Lists of detainees in connection with actions against the war with Ukraine on March 3, 2022 |website=[[OVD-Info]] |access-date=3 March 2022 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305094009/https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/03/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-3-marta-2022-goda |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 4 March: 80<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/04/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-4-marta-2022-goda-0 |script-title=ru:Списки задержанных в связи с акциями против войны с Украиной 4 марта 2022 года |language=ru |trans-title=Lists of detainees in connection with actions against the war with Ukraine on March 4, 2022 |website=[[OVD-Info]] |access-date=4 March 2022 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305094008/https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/04/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-4-marta-2022-goda-0 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 5 March: 84<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-5-marta-2022-goda |script-title=ru:Списки задержанных в связи с акциями против войны с Украиной 5 марта 2022 года |language=ru |trans-title=Lists of detainees in connection with actions against the war with Ukraine on March 5, 2022 |website=OVD-Info |access-date=6 March 2022 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308061512/https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-5-marta-2022-goda |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 6 March: 5,572<ref>{{cite news |url=https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/06/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-6-marta-2022-goda |script-title=ru:Списки задержанных в связи с акциями против войны с Украиной 6 марта 2022 года |language=ru |trans-title=Lists of detainees in connection with actions against the war with Ukraine on March 6, 2022 |website=[[OVD-Info]] |access-date=28 April 2022 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308112356/https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/06/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-6-marta-2022-goda |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 8 March: 122<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/08/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-8-marta-2022-goda |script-title=ru:Списки задержанных в связи с акциями против войны с Украиной 8 марта 2022 года |language=ru |trans-title=Lists of detainees in connection with actions against the war with Ukraine on March 8, 2022 |website=[[OVD-Info]] |access-date=9 March 2022 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308170602/https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/08/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-8-marta-2022-goda |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 13 March: 936<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-60717902?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=622e3463ec502b53cd482093%26800%20detained%20at%20Russia%20anti-war%20protests%262022-03-13T18%3A29%3A45.654Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:cb41836e-1a05-47c7-9a16-9c3fd1b41bf7&pinned_post_asset_id=622e3463ec502b53cd482093&pinned_post_type=share |title=800 detained at Russia anti-war protests |quote=The OVD-Info NGO, which monitors arrests during protests, said police had detained 817 people during demonstrations in 37 cities in Russia. |website=[[BBC]] |date=13 March 2022 |access-date=13 March 2022 |archive-date=13 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313203433/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-60717902?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=622e3463ec502b53cd482093%26800%20detained%20at%20Russia%20anti-war%20protests%262022-03-13T18:29:45.654Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:cb41836e-1a05-47c7-9a16-9c3fd1b41bf7&pinned_post_asset_id=622e3463ec502b53cd482093&pinned_post_type=share |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/13/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-13-marta-2022-goda|title=Списки задержанных в связи с акциями против войны с Украиной 13 марта 2022 года |trans-title=Lists of detainees in connection with actions against the war with Ukraine on 13 March 2022 |website=[[OVD-Info]]|access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref>
* 2 April: 215<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ovd.news/news/2022/04/01/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-voyny-s-ukrainoy-2-aprelya-2022-goda|title=Списки задержанных в связи с акциями против войны с Украиной 2 апреля 2022 года |trans-title=Lists of detainees in connection with actions against the war with Ukraine on 2 April 2022 |website=[[OVD-Info]]|access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref>
* 21 September: 1,382<ref>{{Cite web |title=Списки задержанных в связи с акциями против мобилизации 21 сентября |url=https://ovd.news/news/2022/09/21/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-mobilizacii-21-sentyabrya |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=ОВД-News |language=ru}}</ref>
* 22 September: 14<ref>{{Cite web |title=Списки задержанных в связи с акциями против мобилизации 22 сентября |url=https://ovd.news/news/2022/09/22/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-mobilizacii-22-sentyabrya-0 |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=ОВД-News |language=ru}}</ref>
* 24 September: 847<ref>{{Cite web |title=Списки задержанных в связи с акциями против мобилизации 24 сентября |url=https://ovd.news/news/2022/09/24/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-mobilizacii-24-sentyabrya-0 |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=ОВД-News |language=ru}}</ref>
* 25 September: 149<ref>{{Cite web |title=Списки задержанных в связи с акциями против мобилизации 25 сентября |url=https://ovd.news/news/2022/09/25/spiski-zaderzhannyh-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-protiv-mobilizacii-25-sentyabrya |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=ОВД-News |language=ru}}</ref>

===Police brutality===
Russian NGO [[OVD-Info]] reported that it had confirmed at least 30 cases of protestors being beaten by police on the weekend of 5–6 March, as well as several cases of arrested protestors 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."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/03/07/1084967986/russia-arrests-more-protesters |title=Russia arrests nearly 5,000 anti-war protesters this weekend |website=[[NPR]] |date=7 March 2022 |access-date=7 March 2022 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308052057/https://www.npr.org/2022/03/07/1084967986/russia-arrests-more-protesters |url-status=live |last=Treisman |first=Rachel }}</ref> An audio recording from a protestor 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."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-police-brutality-kaluzhskikh-war-protest/31741798.html |title=A Detention, A Recording, A Brutal Beating: Another Window Into Russian Police Interrogations |website=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |date=7 March 2022 |access-date=7 March 2022 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309215557/https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-police-brutality-kaluzhskikh-war-protest/31741798.html |url-status=live |last1=Eckel |first1=Mike }}</ref>

[[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 protestors have been subjected to [[waterboarding]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/03/09/russia-brutal-arrests-and-torture-ill-treatment-anti-war-protesters |title=Russia: Brutal Arrests and Torture, Ill-Treatment of Anti-War Protesters |website=[[Human Rights Watch]] |date=9 March 2022 |access-date=11 March 2022 |archive-date=13 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313052702/https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/03/09/russia-brutal-arrests-and-torture-ill-treatment-anti-war-protesters |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Mediazona]] has further reported that women who have been arrested have been subjected to threats of sexual violence, that arrested gender-non-conforming protestors have been ridiculed, and that police sprayed some detainees in the face with antiseptic solutions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/russia-moscow-police-beat-torture-women-ukraine-war-protests/ |title=Moscow police beat and torture women after anti-war protests |website=openDemocracy |access-date=11 March 2022 |archive-date=13 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313132404/https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/russia-moscow-police-beat-torture-women-ukraine-war-protests/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Reactions==
===Domestic opposition to anti-war sentiment===
[[File:Pro-war picket, Baumana street, Kazan (2022-03-01) 01.jpg|thumb|upright|Protest in support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kazan, 1 March 2022]]
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."<ref>{{cite web|date=4 March 2022 |title='Unite' around Putin, Kremlin urges Russians amid Ukraine war|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/4/unite-around-putin-kremlin-urges-russians-amid-ukraine-war |author-last= |author-first= |access-date=4 March 2022 |work=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]] |archive-date=4 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304222303/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/4/unite-around-putin-kremlin-urges-russians-amid-ukraine-war |url-status=live}}</ref> [[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."<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 February 2022 |title=Russia's Anti-War Lobby Goes Online |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/02/26/russias-anti-war-lobby-goes-online-a76616 |last=Popov |first=Maxime |access-date=28 February 2022 |work=[[The Moscow Times]] |archive-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228012840/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/02/26/russias-anti-war-lobby-goes-online-a76616 |url-status=live}}</ref> In response to Simonyan's statement, [[Vitalik Buterin]], programmer and one of the co-founders of [[Ethereum]], said, "Go fuck yourself."<ref>{{cite web |last=Robinson |first=Mike |title="Go F*ck Yourself" -Breaking |date=28 February 2022 |publisher=StreetRegister.com |url=https://www.streetregister.com/2022/02/28/go-fck-yourself-breaking/ |access-date=2 March 2022 |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306141117/https://www.streetregister.com/2022/02/28/go-fck-yourself-breaking/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Andrey Turchak]], a lawmaker from Putin's [[United Russia]] party, condemn Arkady Dvorkovich's anti-war stance as "nothing but the very national betrayal, the behaviour of the fifth column, which the president [Putin] spoke about...".<ref>{{cite news |title=Top ex-Kremlin official quits post after condemning Ukraine war |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/top-ex-kremlin-official-quits-post-after-condemning-ukraine-war-2022-03-18/ |work=[[Reuters]] |date=18 March 2022}}</ref> Chairman of the State Duma [[Vyacheslav Volodin]] denounced Russians who oppose the war as "traitors".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pertsev |first1=Andrey |title='He's not a person, he's a biorobot' How State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin mastered the art of pleasing Putin |url=https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/04/11/he-s-not-a-person-he-s-a-biorobot |work=[[Meduza]] |date=11 April 2022}} {{small|(Translated by Sam Breazeale)}}</ref>

On 16 March 2022, Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] issued a warning to Russian "traitors" who he said the West wanted to use as a "[[fifth column]]" to destroy Russia. He said that Russians should undergo "natural and necessary self-cleansing of society" to rid themselves of "bastards" and pro-Western "traitors."<ref>{{cite news |title=Putin warns Russia against pro-Western 'traitors' and scum |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/putin-warns-russia-against-pro-western-traitors-scum-2022-03-16/ |work=Reuters |date=16 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Putin says Russia must undergo a 'self-cleansing of society' to purge 'bastards and traitors' as thousands flee the country |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-says-russia-must-undergo-self-cleansing-society-2022-3 |work=Business Insider |date=16 March 2022}}</ref>

Russian authorities encouraged Russians to report their friends, colleagues and family members to the police for expressing opposition to the war in Ukraine.<ref>{{cite news |title=Russians Are Snitching On Friends and Family Who Oppose the War in Ukraine |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgyyed/russians-snitching-on-russians-ukraine |work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |date=8 August 2022}}</ref>

===Exodus 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,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bacchi |first1=Umberto |last2=Davydova |first2=Angelina |title=Russia's war migrants find mixed reception in Georgia |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/04/04/world/russia-war-migrants-mixed-reception-georgia/ |website=[[The Japan Times]] |access-date=10 April 2022 |date=4 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="dw-exodus">{{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}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web |date=8 March 2022 |title=As Anti-War Russians Flee, Ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan Prepares for Emigre Influx |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/08/as-anti-war-russians-flee-ex-soviet-kyrgyzstan-prepares-for-emigre-influx-a76817 |author-last=Light |author-first=Felix |access-date=8 March 2022 |work=[[The Moscow Times]] |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309051230/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/08/as-anti-war-russians-flee-ex-soviet-kyrgyzstan-prepares-for-emigre-influx-a76817 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web |date=8 March 2022 |title='We are refugees': Russians flee rising authoritarianism |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/8/we-are-refugees-russians-flee-rising-authoritarianism |author-last= |author-first= |access-date=8 March 2022 |work=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]] |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309053733/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/8/we-are-refugees-russians-flee-rising-authoritarianism |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Davies |first=Caroline |date=9 March 2022 |title=A Russian woman considers leaving her country behind |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60674341 |access-date=9 March 2022 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309152249/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60674341 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Nemtsova |first=Anna |date=5 March 2022 |title='We Have to Run': Inside the Exodus of Moscow |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/inside-moscow-exodus-1317069/ |access-date=9 March 2022 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309070605/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/inside-moscow-exodus-1317069/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Bolshoi Theater]] ballerina [[Olga Smirnova (dancer)|Olga Smirnova]] left Russia to continue her career in the Netherlands in protest of the war.<ref>{{cite news|script-title=ru:Прима-балерина Ольга Смирнова покинула Большой театр из-за войны |language=ru |newspaper=Радио Свобода |publisher=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|Svoboda radio]] |trans-title=Prima ballerina Olga Smirnova left the Bolshoi Theater because of the war |date=17 March 2022 |url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/prima-balerina-oljga-smirnova-pokinula-boljshoy-teatr-iz-za-voyny/31757622.html |access-date=21 March 2022}}</ref>

By early April, an estimated 100,000 Russians had fled Russia to [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].<ref name="dw-exodus"/> After three weeks of war, around 14,000 were said to have left for [[Turkey]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Ece |last=Çelik |title=Some 14,000 Russians flee to Turkey after Ukraine war |newspaper=[[Hürriyet Daily News]] |date=21 March 2022 |url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/some-14-000-russians-flee-to-turkey-after-ukraine-war-172349 |access-date=21 March 2022}}</ref> Tens of thousands went to [[Armenia]]; by 24 May an estimated 108,000 Russian citizens having fled to the country,<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Gavin |first=Gabriel |title=Is Putin's war spreading? |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/putin-s-war-risks-spreading |access-date=10 April 2022 |work=[[The Spectator]] |date=25 March 2022}}</ref> or Nordic states such as [[Finland]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-03-05 |title=War in Ukraine: The Russians leaving Russia for Finland |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-60624500 |access-date=2022-06-09}}</ref> Thousands are said to have gone to [[Uzbekistan]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Agnieszka |last=Pikulicka-Wilczewska |title=Fearing conscription, anti-war Russians flock to Uzbekistan |website=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]] |date=16 March 2022 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/16/fearing-conscription-anti-war-russians-flock-to-uzbekistan |access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref>

===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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.mail.ru/society/50250645/ |title=Большинство россиян поддерживают военную операцию в Украине: ВЦИОМ |trans-title=Most Russians support military operation in Ukraine: VTsIOM |date=2 March 2022 |access-date=3 March 2022 |archive-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228234105/https://news.mail.ru/society/50250645/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Later on, a series of four online polls by Alexei Navalny's [[Anti-Corruption Foundation]] claimed to show sentiment rapidly shifting among Moscow residents. Between 25 February and 3 March, those blaming Russia for the war increased from 14% to 36%, with 79% now in favour of stopping the conflict and engaging in peace negotiation.<ref name="foundation-war">{{cite news |title=Anti-war momentum growing in Russia, poll from opposition leader Navalny claims |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=8 March 2022 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-alexey-navalny-putin-b2030915.html |access-date=8 March 2022 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309010105/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-alexey-navalny-putin-b2030915.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The proportion of respondents who considered Russia an "aggressor" increased from 29% to 53%, while the share of those considering Russia a "peace-maker" fell by half from 25% to 12%.<ref name="foundation-war"/>

From 26 to 28 February 2022, a survey conducted by the independent research group Russian Field found that 58.8% of respondents supported the "special military operation" in Ukraine.<ref name="Alyukov">{{cite news |last=Alyukov |first=Maxim |title=In Russia, opinion polls are a political weapon |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/russia-opinion-polls-war-ukraine/ |access-date=10 April 2022 |work=[[openDemocracy]] |date=9 March 2022}}</ref> According to the poll, in the group of 18-to-24-year-olds, only 29% supported the "special military operation".<ref>{{cite news |last=Lonas |first=Lexi |title=Misinformation colors how Russians are seeing the Ukrainian war |url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/597863-misinformation-colors-how-russians-are-seeing-the-ukrainian-war |access-date=10 April 2022 |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=11 March 2022}}</ref>

A poll by the independent [[Levada Center]] published on 30 March saw Putin's approval rating jump from 71% in February to 83% in March.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dougherty |first=Jill |title=Analysis: Russians in the dark about true state of war amid country's Orwellian media coverage |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/03/media/russia-media-ukraine-cmd-intl/index.html |access-date=10 April 2022 |work=[[CNN]] |date=3 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.levada.ru/2022/03/30/odobrenie-institutov-rejtingi-partij-i-politikov/ |title=ОДОБРЕНИЕ ИНСТИТУТОВ, РЕЙТИНГИ ПАРТИЙ И ПОЛИТИКОВ |trans-title=APPROVAL OF INSTITUTIONS, RATINGS OF PARTIES AND POLITICS |website=levada.ru |date=30 March 2022}}</ref>

Experts have warned that the figures may not accurately reflect the public mood, as the public tends to rally around leaders during war and some may be hiding their true opinions,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/31/putins-approval-surges-after-launch-of-military-operation-in-ukraine-a77162 |title=Putin's Approval Surges After Launch of 'Military Operation' in Ukraine |website=[[The Moscow Times]] |date=31 March 2022}}</ref> especially with enhanced censorship and a new law prohibiting the dissemination of "fake information" about the military.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-60662712 |title=Поддерживают ли россияне войну в Украине? Смотря как спросить |trans-title=Do Russians support the war in Ukraine? See how to ask |website=[[BBC News]] Russian |date=8 March 2022}}</ref> A study by researchers affiliated with the [[London School of Economics]] found that stated support for the war among Russians dropped from 68% to 53% when asked indirectly about the invasion in polls.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-support-ukraine-war-polls-putin/31791423.html|title=Polls Show Russians Support Putin And The War On Ukraine. Really?|website=RFERL|date=7 April 2022}}</ref> Many respondents do not want to answer pollsters' questions for fear of negative consequences.<ref name="Alyukov"/> In March 2022, when a Russian opposition politician [[Maxim Katz]] and a group of Russian researchers commissioned a poll on Russians' attitudes toward the war in Ukraine, 29,400 of the 31,000 people they called refused to answer after hearing the subject matter in question.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Yaffa |first=Joshua |title=Why Do So Many Russians Say They Support the War in Ukraine? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/why-do-so-many-russians-say-they-support-the-war-in-ukraine |access-date=17 April 2022 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=29 March 2022}}</ref>

==Analysis==
===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."<ref>{{cite web |date=1 March 2022 |title=Ukraine: what anti-war protesters in Russia risk by speaking out |url=https://theconversation.com/ukraine-what-anti-war-protesters-in-russia-risk-by-speaking-out-178098 |author-last=Hoffmann |author-first=Alvina |access-date=3 March 2022 |work=[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]] |archive-date=1 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301185312/http://theconversation.com/ukraine-what-anti-war-protesters-in-russia-risk-by-speaking-out-178098 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web |date=28 February 2022 |title=This is what it's like inside Russia's anti-war movement |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/ukraine-russia-anti-war-protest-movement-small-defiant/ |author-last=Bidin |author-first=Alexander |access-date=3 March 2022 |work=[[openDemocracy]] |archive-date=1 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301150743/https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/ukraine-russia-anti-war-protest-movement-small-defiant/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web |date=10 March 2022 |title=How Putin's regime stifled anti-war protests in Russia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/10/vladimir-putin-regime-anti-war-protests-russia-russian |author-last=de Vogel |author-first=Sasha |access-date=11 March 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=13 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313184123/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/10/vladimir-putin-regime-anti-war-protests-russia-russian |url-status=live }}</ref>

===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 taking 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."<ref>{{cite web|date=4 March 2022 |title=In Russia, thousands defy police threats to protest the invasion of Ukraine. Can it make a difference? |url=https://usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/03/04/russia-ukraine-war-protests/9351061002/ |author-last=Subramanian |author-first=Courtney |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=[[USA Today]] |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306142109/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/03/04/russia-ukraine-war-protests/9351061002/?gnt-cfr=1 |url-status=live}}</ref> One protestor interviewed by NPR stated that the anti-war protests "seem more dangerous" than previous protest movements in Russia under Putin and that some protestors "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."<ref>{{cite web |date=4 March 2022 |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/03/04/1084627201/one-russian-anti-war-protester-on-why-shes-risking-arrest-to-speak-out |title=An anti-war protester in Moscow says the risk of arrest is worth it |work=www.npr.org |publisher=[[NPR]] |access-date=12 March 2022 |archive-date=12 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312011718/https://www.npr.org/2022/03/04/1084627201/one-russian-anti-war-protester-on-why-shes-risking-arrest-to-speak-out |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dw.com/en/russian-activists-defy-putin-to-protest-war-in-ukraine/a-61073902 |title=Russian activists defy Putin to protest war in Ukraine |work=www.dw.com |publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]] |access-date=12 March 2022 |archive-date=13 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313162522/https://www.dw.com/en/russian-activists-defy-putin-to-protest-war-in-ukraine/a-61073902 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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 protestors 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."<ref>{{cite web |date=2 March 2022 |title=Russian anti-war movement takes shape on the streets – and on screens |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220302-russian-anti-war-movement-takes-shape-on-the-streets-%E2%80%93-and-on-screens |author-last=Rouquette |author-first=Pauline |access-date=3 March 2022 |work=[[France24]] |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305094436/https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220302-russian-anti-war-movement-takes-shape-on-the-streets-%E2%80%93-and-on-screens |url-status=live }}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web |date=4 March 2022 |title=Is the war in Ukraine a turning point for dissent in Russia? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/program/upfront/2022/3/4/is-the-war-in-ukraine-a-turning-point-for-dissent-in-russia |author-last=Lamont Hill |author-first=Marc |access-date=4 March 2022 |work=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al-Jazeera]] |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305094437/https://www.aljazeera.com/program/upfront/2022/3/4/is-the-war-in-ukraine-a-turning-point-for-dissent-in-russia |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Demographics===
Several commentators have noted the significant presence of youth in the anti-war protests in Russia.<ref>{{cite web |date=7 March 2022 |title=We Spoke to Russian Socialists Who Are Protesting Vladimir Putin's War |url=https://www.jacobinmag.com/2022/03/russian-socialists-protest-putin-war-ukraine-antiwar-dissent |author-last=Broder |author-first=David |access-date=7 March 2022 |work=[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]] |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309224621/https://www.jacobinmag.com/2022/03/russian-socialists-protest-putin-war-ukraine-antiwar-dissent |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 February 2022 |title='I fear Putin is unstoppable': Russians on the invasion of Ukraine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/25/russian-guardian-readers-on-ukraine-invasion |author-last=Skopeliti |author-first=Clea |access-date=7 March 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308171447/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/25/russian-guardian-readers-on-ukraine-invasion |url-status=live }}</ref> 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."<ref name="Hooper"/> [[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."<ref>{{cite web |date=2 March 2022 |title=Opposition to Putin's war is alive on Moscow's streets. But no trace of it is covered on Russian TV |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/01/europe/russia-opposition-putin-media-intl/index.html |author-last=Robertson |author-first=Nic |access-date=3 March 2022 |work=[[CNN]] |archive-date=1 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301203815/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/01/europe/russia-opposition-putin-media-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Commentators have also noted the significant role of women in the protests.<ref>{{cite web |date=18 March 2022 |title=Women Are Leading Russia's Antiwar Protests — and They're in Putin's Crosshairs|url=https://truthout.org/articles/women-are-leading-russias-antiwar-protests-and-theyre-in-putins-crosshairs/|author-last=Ludwig |author-first=Mike |access-date=22 March 2022 |website=truthout.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Anastasia |first1=Kalk |last2=Jan |first2=Surman |title=Russia's Feminists Are in the Streets Protesting Putin's War |url=https://www.jacobinmag.com/2022/02/russian-feminist-antiwar-resistance-ukraine-putin |website=[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]] |access-date=23 March 2022 |date=27 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Russian Women in the Anti-War Movement |url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/ukrainian-belarusian-and-russian-women-anti-war-movement |website=[[Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars|Wilson Center]] |access-date=23 March 2022 |date=23 March 2022}}</ref> [[Meduza]] journalist Alexey Kovalyov has stated that "it's mostly women who are facing real violence and serious prison time."<ref>{{cite web |last=Illing |first=Sean |title="The alarmists were right all along": A Moscow journalist on Putin and the new Russian reality |url=https://www.vox.com/22967223/ukraine-russia-war-putin-propaganda-reallity |website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |access-date=23 March 2022 |date=11 March 2022}}</ref> Maria Silina of the [[Université du Québec à Montréal]] has stated that "the overwhelming majority of [anti-war protestors] were women, queer or trans — many of whom were rarely visible as political activists in Russia due to homophobic laws against them."<ref name="Silinia 090422"/>

===Impact of state media and censorship===
Ben Noble of [[University College London]] stated that:<blockquote>"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."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theconversation.com/ukraine-russian-opposition-to-the-invasion-is-giving-putin-cause-for-alarm-178449 |title=Ukraine: Russian opposition to the invasion is giving Putin cause for alarm |work=[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]] |date=4 March 2022 |access-date=4 March 2022 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305094435/https://theconversation.com/ukraine-russian-opposition-to-the-invasion-is-giving-putin-cause-for-alarm-178449 |url-status=live }}</ref></blockquote>

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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sauer |first=Pjotr |title='Pure Orwell': how Russian state media spins invasion as liberation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/25/pure-orwell-how-russian-state-media-spins-ukraine-invasion-as-liberation |access-date=10 April 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=25 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The War That Russians Do Not See |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/03/14/the-war-that-russians-do-not-see |access-date=10 April 2022 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=4 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Korenyuk |first1=Maria |last2=Goodman |first2=Jack |title=Ukraine war: 'My city's being shelled, but mum won't believe me' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60600487 |access-date=10 April 2022 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=4 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ukrainians Find That Relatives in Russia Don't Believe It's a War |first=Valerie |last=Hopkins |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/06/world/europe/ukraine-russia-families.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=6 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title='The TV is winning' Many Ukrainians now share a common experience: their relatives in Russia refuse to believe their accounts of the war. |url=https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/03/14/the-tv-is-winning |website=[[Meduza]] |access-date=10 April 2022}}</ref> Some observers noted what they described as a "generational struggle" among Russians over perception of the war,<ref name="Hooper">{{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}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Jack |first=Victor |title=Not worth fighting over: Young Ukrainians and Russians shun war |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/7/not-worth-fighting-for-young-ukrainians-and-russians-shun-war |access-date=10 April 2022 |work=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]] |date=7 February 2022}}</ref> 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%."<ref name="Alyukov"/>

===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.<ref>{{cite web |date=2 March 2022 |title=The U.S. is pushing Russians to defy Putin. But don't call it regime change. |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/02/u-s-russians-putin-regime-change-00013249 |author-last=Toosi |author-first=Nahal |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=[[Politico]] |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305162304/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/02/u-s-russians-putin-regime-change-00013249 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=4 March 2022 |title=Putin has driven Russia into a cul-de-sac filled with blood, with no obvious way out |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-putin-has-driven-russia-into-a-cul-de-sac-filled-with-blood-with-no/ |author-last=Coyne |author-first=Andrew |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305200026/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-putin-has-driven-russia-into-a-cul-de-sac-filled-with-blood-with-no/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=3 March 2022 |title=Europe must sanction Russia while still supporting its citizens |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/europe-must-sanction-russia-while-still-supporting-its-citizens/ |author-last=Bossong |author-first=Raphael |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=[[openDemocracy]] |archive-date=4 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304012035/https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/europe-must-sanction-russia-while-still-supporting-its-citizens/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=7 March 2022 |title=What do ordinary Russians think about the invasion of Ukraine? |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/what-do-ordinary-russians-think-about-the-invasion-of-ukraine/ |author-last=Morris |author-first=Jeremy |access-date=7 March 2022 |work=[[openDemocracy]] |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308142547/https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/what-do-ordinary-russians-think-about-the-invasion-of-ukraine/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web |date=4 March 2022 |title=Economic sanctions may deal fatal blow to Russia's already-weak domestic opposition |url=https://theconversation.com/economic-sanctions-may-deal-fatal-blow-to-russias-already-weak-domestic-opposition-178274 |author-last=Grodsky |author-first=Brian |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]] |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306024859/https://theconversation.com/economic-sanctions-may-deal-fatal-blow-to-russias-already-weak-domestic-opposition-178274 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[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."<ref>{{cite web |date=28 February 2022 |title=Western Reaction to War in Ukraine Plays into Vladimir Putin's Hands |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/02/28/western-reaction-to-war-in-ukraine-plays-into-vladimir-putins-hands-a76644 |author-last=Movchan |author-first=Andrey |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=[[The Moscow Times]] |archive-date=4 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304221550/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/02/28/western-reaction-to-war-in-ukraine-plays-into-vladimir-putins-hands-a76644 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===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."<ref>{{cite web |date=5 March 2022 |title=What is Putin's endgame for Ukraine? In Moscow, as in Kyiv, people are struggling to find out |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-why-did-putin-invade-ukraine/ |author-last=Mackinnon |author-first=Mark |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306023216/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-why-did-putin-invade-ukraine/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[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."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/03/here-are-signs-protests-in-russia-are-making-difference/ |title=What would be signs protests in Russia are making a difference? |work=[[Harvard Gazette]] |date=13 March 2022 |access-date=19 March 2022}}</ref>

==Overall opinion in Russia==
As of December 2023, support for Putin's war in Ukraine among Russians hit an all-time low.<ref>{{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 2023 }}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Russia|War}}
* [[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]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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<ref name="Meduza_it_was_him_or_me">{{cite news | last1= Safonova | first1= Kristina | last2= Breazeale | first2= Sam | title= 'It was him or me' The daughter of a conservative Russian senator on her decision to speak out against the war — and lose her father | date= 2022-08-24 |newspaper= [[Meduza]] | url= https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/08/24/it-was-him-or-me |access-date= 2022-08-28 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20220825041617/https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/08/24/it-was-him-or-me |archive-date= 2022-08-25 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="BBC_dictatorship_will_fall">{{cite news | last1= Nazarova | first1= Nina | last2= Zatari | first2= Amalia | language = ru | title= 'Диктатура рано или поздно падет'. Дочь российского сенатора выступила против войны и уехала из страны |trans-title = 'The dictatorship will fall sooner or later.' The daughter of a Russian senator spoke out against the war and left the country | date= 2022-08-19 |newspaper= [[BBC News]] | url= https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-62597886 |access-date= 2022-08-28 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20220819094152/https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-62597886 |archive-date= 2022-08-19 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="Aftonbladet_father_started_the_war">{{cite news | last1= Kerpner | first1= Joachim | language = sv | title= Fadern startade kriget – nu har dottern flytt Ryssland |trans-title = Father started the war - the daughter has now fled Russia | date= 2022-08-19 |newspaper= [[Aftonbladet]] | url= https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/y4LXAK/dianas-pappa-startade-kriget-mot-ukraina-en-hard-man |access-date= 2022-08-28 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20220828202809/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/y4LXAK/dianas-pappa-startade-kriget-mot-ukraina-en-hard-man |archive-date= 2022-08-28 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |script-title=ru:"Лишь бы не было войны!" |trans-title=If Only There is No War! |language=ru |url=https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJzW8QSe_Jrl01hQI_7yEF0HjcfLkAOVgpkxOf_3g30RYH1A/viewform}}
* {{cite web |script-title=ru:Мы, корреспонденты российских СМИ... |trans-title=We, correspondents of the Russian media... |date=24 February 2022 |language=ru |url=https://t.me/DB_channel_RU/64 }}
* {{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/feb/25/anti-war-protests-across-russia-in-pictures |title=Anti-war protests across Russia – in pictures |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=25 February 2022 }}

==Further reading==
* {{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}}
* https://carnegieendowment.org/2023/11/28/alternate-reality-how-russian-society-learned-to-stop-worrying-about-war-pub-91118 - Carnegie Moscow Center, November 28, 2023

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