Have there been any russian opposition/intelligentsia in exile protests against russian terror in Ukraine since February 2022?

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Had a discussion with a German friend today, where he was assuring me there were separate, dedicated protests in Berlin, led by russian citizens in exile, against the war in Ukraine. I tried googling it in multiple languages but only found information about russians joining some of the general protests in spring 2022. Can't find anything about russian protests organised by russians and consisting of mostly russians. I don't mean it ironically. Please, help me find any info I might have missed. Thanks

centawilkens · Answer

honestly you're right that most of the coverage lumped them in with the general protests but there were definitely standalone russian-language actions. the big one i remember was at the russian embassy on Unter den Linden in early march 2022, maybe around the 6th or 7th? it was mostly russian speakers, lots of white-blue-white flags instead of the traditional tricolor, and the vibe was very much "not in our name" rather than generic peace stuff.

another smaller one happened at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe a few weeks later, organized by the Free Russia Forum people. they had speakers who were exiles, some from the art scene and some former journalists. it wasn't huge maybe 200-300 people but it was definitely russian-led and the signs were in russian only.

if you want to dig deeper try searching "Freies Russland Berlin" or "Russen gegen Krieg Berlin" on facebook or telegram. a lot of the organizing happened in closed groups that google won't index well. the mainstream german press barely covered them because they were small and language-specific.

alin · Answer

Yeah, there definitely were some specifically Russian-led protests here. I remember a few being held at the Brandenburg Gate and near the Russian embassy, with people carrying signs in Russian and a strong focus on anti-Putin sentiment, not just general anti-war stuff.

ellie · Answer

tbh the big rallies were easy to find but the russian-only ones were way smaller and harder to spot in the news. try looking up "russischer opposition Berlin" on instagram or check the free russia foundation's event pages, they had a few gatherings at the soviet war

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