No to mobilization Russians take to the streets countrywide after Putin announces call-up

On September 21, Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would officially mobilize for war. He claimed the step is necessary because the Russian military is facing “not only neo-Nazi formations, but what is effectively the entire military machine of the collective West.” The authorities claim they plan to conscript 300,000 people. In the hours since the announcement, protesters have taken to the streets throughout Russia.

Moscow

Number of protesters: hundreds

Number of arrests: at least 537

St. Petersburg

Number of protesters: hundreds

Number of arrests: at least 480

Yekaterinburg

Number of protesters: unknown

Number of arrests: at least 48

Perm

Number of protesters: unknown

Number of arrests: At least 30

Tver

Number of protesters: unknown

Number of arrests: about 20

Voronezh

Number of protesters: unknown

Number of arrests: about 40

Barnaul

Number of protesters: several dozen

Number of arrests: unknown

Ulan-Ude

Number of protesters: several dozen

Number of arrests: four

Irkutsk

Number of protesters: about 60 (according to local activists)

Number of arrests: about 20; at least nine confirmed by OVD-Info

Krasnoyarsk

Number of protesters: several dozen

Number of arrests: 10–15; according to other reports, 30

Zheleznogorsk

Number of protesters: unknown

Number of arrests: three

Tomsk

Number of protesters: possibly as many as 100

Number of arrests: about 15; two confirmed by OVD-Info

Novosibirsk

Number of protesters: about 100 (according to local activists)

Number of arrests: at least one

Ufa

Number of protesters: unknown

Number of arrests: at least 14

Yakutsk

Number of protesters: at least 2-4

Number of arrests: at least two

Chelyabinsk

Number of protesters: unknown

Number of arrests: At least 13

Salavat

Number of protesters: unknown

Number of arrests: at least one

Arkhangelsk

Number of protesters: unknown

Number of arrests: at least seven

Petrozavodsk

Number of protesters: unknown

Number of arrests: at least four

Korolyov

Number of protesters: unknown

Number of arrests: at least six

Kaluga

Number of protesters: unknown

Number of arrests: at least two

OVD-info has also reported at least one arrest in each of the following cities: Belgorod, Smolensk, Surgut, Samara, Volgograd, and Tyumen.

Meduza will continue to update these numbers.