If you are from Russia, try not to give yourself away, do not write in Russian, do not repeat my mistake. You will be blocked and the support service will not be able to help you.
Please forgive me that I was born in Russia. I did not ask Putin to start a war and I do not support it. This should help. Can I play chess?
This is unimaginably absurd. No one hates you.
A lot of people in Russia are protesting the war, in silent ways, and in more increasing ways.
Antiwarriors is something you should look into.
www.compas.ox.ac.uk/2022/on-the-anti-war-movement-in-russia-from-street-protests-to-guerrilla-activism/
Then you do have people who are in favor of the war such as @WarrenBuffet1 and @Red-White
But no one hates Russians; or certainly not fears them.
"Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops, daily anti-war protests have broken out across Russia. From single-person pickets in small cities, to thousands in the streets of Moscow, Russia’s residents have been expressing their opposition to the war. However, the international blogosphere does not seem to regard these as sufficient, with various commentators suggesting that it is difficult to call the on-going protests “mass demonstrations in any real sense”. The text of this blog is my humble attempt to make sense of the current anti-war movement in Russia and its disguises, as well as to contextualize (non)protests in the country. It draws evidence from various media accounts and ongoing observations made in publicly open Telegram channels. Writing this blog has been an overwhelmingly difficult experience due to my positionality as a Russian national who has had little engagement in Russian protest movements before the war. The current situation has pushed me to actively rethink and constantly reflect on my own attitudes, overcome previous prejudice, deal with imposter syndrome and the trauma of “not doing enough”. It has also led me to find my own path toward anti-war resistance, thus overcoming the sense of helplessness.
"I would like to start by returning to the events that took place in Russia 11 years before the war. In 2011–2013, Russia saw the biggest mass demonstrations since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The object of protest was fraudulent elections to the State Duma place on 4 December 2011. Protests that took shape under the slogan “For Fair Elections” targeted the ruling party, United Russia, and its then leader Vladimir Putin, who announced his intention to run again for President in 2012. Unlike the protests of late 1980s and early 1990s that were caused by economic hardship, protests of early 2010s were clearly political protests that brought out the displeased well-off people onto the streets of Russia’s major cities. Most prominent among these were the demonstrations on the Bolotnaya Square in Moscow on 10 December 2011 with 25 to 60 thousand participants according to different accounts; the rally at the Academician Sakharov Avenue in Moscow with 28 to over 100 thousand people; and the “March of the Millions” taking place on the Bolotnaya Square in Moscow on 6 May 2012, the day before Putin’s inauguration as President for his third term with around 20 thousand participants.
These protests were met with a reactionary response from the Russian government. This included, first, the “demonstrative” “Bolotnaya Square case” with 37 people being accused of “mass riots” and “violence against the police”. Second, the government tightened control over “mass events”. Prior to 2012, according to the Federal Law of the Russian Federation No.54-FZ “On Meetings, Rallies, Demonstrations, Marches and Pickets,” organizers of “mass events” that were expected to involve over one participant were only obliged to notify the authorities of the upcoming event a few days beforehand in writing. In June 2012, the Russian Duma voted on legislation that significantly raised fixed fines for holding unsanctioned demonstrations and a number of limitations, such as a prohibition on wearing masks or carrying objects that can be used as weapons. Since 2014, organization of “mass events” without the permission of respective authorities has been punishable by a fine or up to 15 days of detention. Three such breaches could result in imprisonment for up to 3 years. Single-person pickets remained legal without prior notification, with the exception to of those that involved using “prefabricated collapsible constructions”.
"Since 2011, the scale and cruelty of repressions against protesters and activists has grown significantly with numerous cases of police brutality at “mass events” and during detentions. Along with a seeming lack of protests’ positive outcomes, the above has left many Russian residents, me included, frustrated, increasingly depoliticized, and often scared of going onto the streets.
“Do you dare to go to the square?”
The first anti-war demonstrations in Russia took place already on 24 February with around 2 thousand participants in Moscow and 1 thousand in Saint-Petersburg. Protests also occurred in other large Russian cities, such as Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, and Perm. By the end of the evening of that day, according to the OVD-Info (Independent human rights media project), there were 1,800 arrests in 58 cities, of which around 1,000 were carried out in Moscow. Protests continued the following days bringing the total number of arrests to 3,000 people throughout the country by 26 February. On 27 February, anti-war protests coincided with the anniversary of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov’s murder 7 years earlier, with protesters gathering near the improvised memorial constructed where Nemtsov was shot. In Saint-Petersburg, a spontaneous rally took place in the center of the city near the Great Gostinniy Dvor. According to OVD-Info, by the end of that day, the number of arrests throughout Russia amounted to over 2,500 (with over 5,500 arrested since the beginning of the war), the majority in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg."
A lot of people in Russia are protesting the war, in silent ways, and in more increasing ways.
Antiwarriors is something you should look into.
www.compas.ox.ac.uk/2022/on-the-anti-war-movement-in-russia-from-street-protests-to-guerrilla-activism/
Then you do have people who are in favor of the war such as @WarrenBuffet1 and @Red-White
But no one hates Russians; or certainly not fears them.
"Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops, daily anti-war protests have broken out across Russia. From single-person pickets in small cities, to thousands in the streets of Moscow, Russia’s residents have been expressing their opposition to the war. However, the international blogosphere does not seem to regard these as sufficient, with various commentators suggesting that it is difficult to call the on-going protests “mass demonstrations in any real sense”. The text of this blog is my humble attempt to make sense of the current anti-war movement in Russia and its disguises, as well as to contextualize (non)protests in the country. It draws evidence from various media accounts and ongoing observations made in publicly open Telegram channels. Writing this blog has been an overwhelmingly difficult experience due to my positionality as a Russian national who has had little engagement in Russian protest movements before the war. The current situation has pushed me to actively rethink and constantly reflect on my own attitudes, overcome previous prejudice, deal with imposter syndrome and the trauma of “not doing enough”. It has also led me to find my own path toward anti-war resistance, thus overcoming the sense of helplessness.
"I would like to start by returning to the events that took place in Russia 11 years before the war. In 2011–2013, Russia saw the biggest mass demonstrations since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The object of protest was fraudulent elections to the State Duma place on 4 December 2011. Protests that took shape under the slogan “For Fair Elections” targeted the ruling party, United Russia, and its then leader Vladimir Putin, who announced his intention to run again for President in 2012. Unlike the protests of late 1980s and early 1990s that were caused by economic hardship, protests of early 2010s were clearly political protests that brought out the displeased well-off people onto the streets of Russia’s major cities. Most prominent among these were the demonstrations on the Bolotnaya Square in Moscow on 10 December 2011 with 25 to 60 thousand participants according to different accounts; the rally at the Academician Sakharov Avenue in Moscow with 28 to over 100 thousand people; and the “March of the Millions” taking place on the Bolotnaya Square in Moscow on 6 May 2012, the day before Putin’s inauguration as President for his third term with around 20 thousand participants.
These protests were met with a reactionary response from the Russian government. This included, first, the “demonstrative” “Bolotnaya Square case” with 37 people being accused of “mass riots” and “violence against the police”. Second, the government tightened control over “mass events”. Prior to 2012, according to the Federal Law of the Russian Federation No.54-FZ “On Meetings, Rallies, Demonstrations, Marches and Pickets,” organizers of “mass events” that were expected to involve over one participant were only obliged to notify the authorities of the upcoming event a few days beforehand in writing. In June 2012, the Russian Duma voted on legislation that significantly raised fixed fines for holding unsanctioned demonstrations and a number of limitations, such as a prohibition on wearing masks or carrying objects that can be used as weapons. Since 2014, organization of “mass events” without the permission of respective authorities has been punishable by a fine or up to 15 days of detention. Three such breaches could result in imprisonment for up to 3 years. Single-person pickets remained legal without prior notification, with the exception to of those that involved using “prefabricated collapsible constructions”.
"Since 2011, the scale and cruelty of repressions against protesters and activists has grown significantly with numerous cases of police brutality at “mass events” and during detentions. Along with a seeming lack of protests’ positive outcomes, the above has left many Russian residents, me included, frustrated, increasingly depoliticized, and often scared of going onto the streets.
“Do you dare to go to the square?”
The first anti-war demonstrations in Russia took place already on 24 February with around 2 thousand participants in Moscow and 1 thousand in Saint-Petersburg. Protests also occurred in other large Russian cities, such as Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, and Perm. By the end of the evening of that day, according to the OVD-Info (Independent human rights media project), there were 1,800 arrests in 58 cities, of which around 1,000 were carried out in Moscow. Protests continued the following days bringing the total number of arrests to 3,000 people throughout the country by 26 February. On 27 February, anti-war protests coincided with the anniversary of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov’s murder 7 years earlier, with protesters gathering near the improvised memorial constructed where Nemtsov was shot. In Saint-Petersburg, a spontaneous rally took place in the center of the city near the Great Gostinniy Dvor. According to OVD-Info, by the end of that day, the number of arrests throughout Russia amounted to over 2,500 (with over 5,500 arrested since the beginning of the war), the majority in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg."
Thank you, Mala.
ok i quite this forum you are just as funny as the polisch prostitute from hell my brother bought as Hitman
@Mihalich_1 said in #1:
> If you are from Russia, try not to give yourself away, do not write in Russian, do not repeat my mistake. You will be blocked and the support service will not be able to help you.
Are you saying you got a ToS violation because you used Russian?
That is very difficult to accept.
> If you are from Russia, try not to give yourself away, do not write in Russian, do not repeat my mistake. You will be blocked and the support service will not be able to help you.
Are you saying you got a ToS violation because you used Russian?
That is very difficult to accept.
We should all be allowed to speak and play chess.
Also, rest assured many people in the US support the Special Operation to liberate the Donetsk and Luhansk republics (DPR and LPR) from ethnic c leansing and shelling of innocent farmers by Zelensky's thugs (rhymes with Yahtzees).
We have baby formula shortage, $6 diesel, $10 bacon in US but $40,000,000,000 for Ukraine corruption, war mongering and profiterring.
Also, rest assured many people in the US support the Special Operation to liberate the Donetsk and Luhansk republics (DPR and LPR) from ethnic c leansing and shelling of innocent farmers by Zelensky's thugs (rhymes with Yahtzees).
We have baby formula shortage, $6 diesel, $10 bacon in US but $40,000,000,000 for Ukraine corruption, war mongering and profiterring.
@WarrenBuffet1 said in #5:
> @Mala921 stop being a liar, im not in favor of the war.
>
> please quote me were i said that liar
can you read
there are protesters of war in Russia
> @Mala921 stop being a liar, im not in favor of the war.
>
> please quote me were i said that liar
can you read
there are protesters of war in Russia
Is this what you want, anti-Russians? Making Russians shameful of their own country and language to the point where they have to hide themselves in fear of being blocked and suppressed?
Look at what you have done to @Mihalich_1. Look at them, trying to help other Russians survive from this horrible suppression on Lichess that YOU caused.
Look at what you have done to @Mihalich_1. Look at them, trying to help other Russians survive from this horrible suppression on Lichess that YOU caused.
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