In the cities of the north-west, spontaneous actions are held against mobilization

In the regions of the north-west, spontaneous protests are held against mobilization in Russia. People go to the central squares and streets of their cities.

Petersburg

Police officers and OMON fighters immediately after the start of the action surrounded the protest participants near the Isaacievsky Cathedral. During the detention, the police beat people with batons.

Protesters also passed a procession along Nevsky Prospekt. The participants in the action scanned "No War." A large group of protesters gathered near the metro station Gostiny Dvor. According to the estimates of the correspondent of the North. Reali, more than 200 people gathered there. Later, the detentions also began there. One of the protesters broke his military ID.

According to the ATS-Info, the police detained more than 300 protesters.

Petrozavodsk

In Petrozavodsk, about 20 people entered the action against mobilization. Protesters gathered in Kirov Square. They stood without posters and did not scan slogans, which did not prevent the police from dispersing the audience. According to the ATS-Info, five people were detained .

The press service of the Yabloko party reported that Olga Tuzhikova was detained in Petrozavodsk. She talked with voters in the city square, when the police approached them and accompanied all three to the car carrier

Kaliningrad

In Kaliningrad, there are about 150 people on the action against mobilization in Russia. They gathered in Victory Square. People peacefully communicate without posters and slogans.

“I came here because my son is 30 years old, I am afraid for his future,” said a resident of Kaliningrad Elvira.

Another protest participant - 31 -year -old Denis - said that he could be taken into the army "in the second wave" of mobilization. He himself opposes the war and fratricide and does not want to be a "meat shield" of the current government

The police detained random participants - at least 10 people.

Arkhangelsk

Even before the start of the action, the police detained two journalists - Andrei Kichev and Ekaterina Parfenova. Later, with respect to Kichev, they drew up a protocol under the article on the "discredit" of the Russian Army due to the post of VKontakte. Parfyonov was released with an obligation about the turnout.

One of the detainees in the city center said that he simply walked with a friend in the city center, the police detained them, because "there are prohibited events."

In total, according to the ATS-Info, at least 8 people were detained in Arkhangelsk.

• On the morning of September 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced mobilization "in connection with the situation in Ukraine." The Russian head said that citizens who are in stock will be called to call for military service. First of all, we are talking about those who were serving in the ranks of the Armed Forces, and also have certain military-study specialties and experience. Shoigu, who spoke after the President of the Russian Federation, said that Russia has a "huge mobilization resource", and noted that "300 thousand reservists would be called up during partial mobilization."
• On the morning of February 24, Vladimir Putin made a television show in which he announced the conduct of a "special military operation" in Ukraine with the aim of "demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine" that de facto became the beginning of a military invasion of a neighboring state.