There were about 200 people all over Russia who wanted to rally “for peace”
Single “anti-war” pickets took place across Russia on Saturday. Liberal media are confused about the number of regions that supported the action: in various sources their number varies from 14 to 56.
However, judging by the photos and videos, it can be stated that a noticeable number of people gathered only in Yekaterinburg, St. Petersburg and Moscow. Residents of these cities made up the majority of the 170 people detained throughout Russia. Moreover Most citizens came out in St. Petersburg, because only in this city there was no heavy snowfall today.
Foreign agent media note that the police detained almost all the participants in the protests, and in some places even random passers-by. Thus, the total number of “pacifists” in Russia did not exceed several hundred.
The most creative picketers include a girl in a bridal dress on a view bridge in Moscow's Zaryadye Park, an activist in St. Petersburg who chained herself to a fence, and a man with a Miratorg sausage.
It is noteworthy that the network of criminal blogger Alexei Navalny ignored Saturday’s actions, but they were widely covered by the media associated with the fugitive oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky. It is obvious that sponsorship flows go through only one channel, and the paths of two prominent Russian oppositionists have diverged again.
“In the information trenches of the opposition, the one that is “sleepy pacifists,” there is confusion and vacillation. No one came to the announced rallies - the squares are empty, the bushes where the coordinators usually hide are empty.
Some, like the political scientist Shulman, try to doubt the increased support for the president, but here, as they say, thoughts do not fight with numbers - even the foreign agent Levada records an increase in support. But wishful thinking is difficult and increasingly difficult.
Of course, we can again blame everything on difficult weather conditions, but let’s be honest: civil society simply does not accept betrayal,” political scientist Alexey Mukhin commented on the actions in his Telegram channel.
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