Protest Protest in St. Petersburg 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.

Edgar Rinkevich The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia Edgar Rinkevich said that Riga would not issue humanitarian visas to Russian citizens who want to avoid mobilization into the army or pass them across the border if they already have a Schengen visa. He explained this to "security considerations." The record was published on his Twitter on September 21. Since September 19, the Baltic countries, including Latvia, closed the border for Russian citizens with Schengen visas.

Anti -war action in St. Petersburg The district administrations of St. Petersburg instructed the municipalities to find people who could take part in a rally in support of referenda in Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia. It is reported by Rotonda with reference to several municipalities. The interlocutors of the publication said that the administrations demand 5-10 people from them. These people will have to come to the Peter and Paul Fortress with Russian flags on Friday.

In Petrozavodsk, the second volume of the book “The Place of Memorial Sandarmokh” was published about one of the largest shooting training grounds in Karelia. On September 21, his presentation will be held in St. Petersburg, at the Anna Akhmatova Museum in a fountain house. This is a book not only about the victims of the great terror, but also the executioners, as well as those who are trying to destroy the memory of Soviet repressions today.

Military personnel from St. Petersburg and Pskov began bypassing plants and enterprises located in the North-Western Federal District, with the aim of census and the formation of mobilization lists. This was reported by the human rights project "First Department". It is known that the military visited the Great Lucy plant of high -voltage equipment in the Pskov region. On September 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced partial mobilization in connection with situations in Ukraine.

Archive photo The State Duma on September 21 adopted in the first reading the law according to which the St. George ribbon is recognized as one of the symbols of the military glory of Russia and the victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War. The new status provides for the introduction of criminal punishment for the desecration of the tape. The text is posted in the database of parliament.

Tatyana Savinkina (archive photo) In Petrozavodsk, against a 77-year-old resident of Tatyana Savinkina, they opened a criminal case under the article on discrediting the Russian army due to anti-war leaflets. This was announced by the Telegram channel "Caution, News". The criminal case was opened because of anti-war leaflets, which Savinkina allegedly stuck in the entrance on July 31.

On September 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a mobilization to participate in a military invasion of Ukraine. During it, according to the Ministry of Defense, 300 thousand reservists will be called up. Citizens who are in stock will fall under the call, and those who were serving in the Armed Forces "have military accounting specialties and appropriate experience." North Realities tell who can get a delay.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu (from right to left) During the military invasion of Russia, 5937 troops died in Ukraine, said the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu. The military department last time reported on the number of those killed in the war in Ukraine in March 2022.

Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin made an appeal to Russian citizens. He announced partial mobilization. North. Realities tell everything that is known about this. “Citizens will be submitted to the military service who are currently in stock and those who have served in the ranks of the Armed Forces have certain military accounting specialties and relevant experience,” the president said in his appeal.

Roskomnadzor Roskomnadzor threatened to block the media for disseminating information about mobilization, not from official sources. In the preparation of materials on mobilization, it is necessary to “use the information and data received exclusively from the federal and regional executive bodies,” the statement of Roskomnadzor said. The dissemination of information from other sources - false, according to Roskomnadzor - "entails an immediate blocking of such materials," warns the agency.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 21 announced a "partial mobilization" because of the war in Ukraine. 300 thousand people throughout the country plan to call on to call, but in the decree there are no numbers about the limit of Russian citizens who will be called. North. Realities talked with residents of different cities and lawyers about what is happening now and who is ready to be in the war with Ukraine.